It was from the high rise towers of the Gascoigne Estate in Barking that the Hellbanianz peddled cocaine on London's streets.

Influence is like DNA: imperceptible to the untrained eye, but unmistakably essential once you truly dig into what one is ...

Surrounded by the work of Impressionists who dedicated themselves to capturing felt experience rather than reality, I sensed that I would be OK with my altered sight.