Relentless

Tessa Farmer - the conjurer of demonic fairies.

She calls it ‘a bid to reignite childlike curiosity’. It seems, then, that the old adage is true. Kids do the nastiest things. Tessa Farmer is a hugely talented British artist, she makes fairies out of roots and insect carcasses. Her creations cleverly expose the darker side of childhood experimentation, she constructs fantasy worlds of mutilation, torture, predators and prey. Tinkerbell this is not.

Filp Dujardin creates extraordinary architectural forms from images of buildings.

Dujardin is a Belgian photographer from Ghent. Effectively each building in this series is a montage of different elements, but the final image appears real, as if you’ve just chanced on some strange, malformed building in some dark corner of the world. He trawls locations looking for buildings with similar features so that, when he comes to ‘design’ the final structure, the overall whole makes more sense. Occasionally he’ll use other forms borrowed from his immediate landscape, like the huge rock formation dividing the blocks of flats below.

What it is to be human: I learnt this from a wolf. MARK ROWLAND.

Please take the time to read this extract from Mark Rowland’s book, The Philosopher and the Wolf. Mark adopted a wolf cub and lived side by side with it for 11 years. 'Brenin' went to the philosophy lectures he taught, ran with him, fought with him and, most importantly, educated him. It is enthralling, painful, funny and intense.

Why do some people make way for oncoming pedestrians, and some just barge on through?

Is it an arrogance thing, or are the bargers actually gauging the personality of their opposition as they approach? The Wellcome Library is hosting what could prove to be an strangely intriguing little 'Insights' session on the disconcerting idea that our faces can be read.

Check it out, it's on Thursday 6th November from 3pm till 4pm at the Wellcome Collection, 183 Euston Road, London, NW1 2BE.

You can get tickets here.