Culture

A new exhibition at Somerset House highlights our collective need for something to believe in, however secular the age. At Holy Pop! idols and deities may have been replaced by Britney and Dolly, but the underlying worship remains the same.

The term floristry feels like an echo from the past; cellophane wrapped roses with no scent, chrysanthemum wreaths for funerals, gypsophila for weddings. A word far away from cutting edge design. Yet floristry is, without a doubt, having a moment.