"Splendid is a partnership between Splendour in the Grass and leading art agencies looking to develop talent and to offer festival audiences new creative experiences.

Splendid is made up of a series of Arts Labs, forums and commissions for young and emerging artists at the frontier of contemporary ideas creation, cross-artform collaborations and audience participation.

Splendid offers participating artists opportunities to work collaboratively together in a dynamic environment that encourages critical thinking and experimentation. The aim is to create new ways of thinking about site specific experiences."

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As a Palace Movie Club Member, which I wholly recommend as fantastic value if you are a discerning movie goer, I had the pleasure of attending a screening of Viggo Mortensen's new film Good, introduced by the charming man himself.

The resurgence of craft is a boon for producer and consumer alike. Nowhere gathers the two together quite as well as Etsy – an online portal where you can search for local producers close to home, and buy (or sell) crafts from across the world.

Here is industrial designer Billy May's take on the fruit bowl. The design acts as a display and controlled environment preserving the fruit and vegetables longer...

Check out these pics by British photographer Martin Parr. His work is renown for its somewhat wiry look at society, tradition and nostalgia. Bored Couples examines the life of the couple from an outside perspective and asks the question - are they bored or have they just been labelled as such? You can see the full collection from the Bored Couples series here.

Indian Giver is a new fashion website which allows you to hire designer threads without having to outlay the big bucks they would cost to buy. It does make sense - I have lost count of the amount of times I have had something important on and felt obliged to shell for a frock - Races anyone?

Omegle is an online chat service that hooks you up with random strangers. Sounds creepy but it's actually quite fun.

Got money to burn? A My Little Pony fantasy to fulfill? Or, like me, are you simply mesmerized by the utter genius of artist Mari Kasurien and her My Little Pony gallery of movie characters? From The Joker to Batman and Robin to a Star Wars Storm Trooper and onto Little Edward Scissor Pony my childhood obsession will never be the same again.