‘Not A Black Dog’ – top pick at Drawing Biennial 2013

May 7, 2013

Nominated for the Drawing Room’s Drawing Biennial by Large Glass Gallery curator Charlotte Schepke, Bobby produced this original ink drawing, Not a Black Dog. It will be sold online, along with works donated by over 200 internationally selected artists, culminating in a ‘Silent Auction’ fundraising event at the gallery on 15th May. Click here to find ...

Diary Drawings go digital…in Rio

April 9, 2013

We are delighted to present a brand new digital version of our small Diary Drawings exhibition. It has been commissioned for Lapalondres Festival, part of the British Council’s Transform programme, taking place in Rio from 17th- 23rd April 2013 to share the cultural legacy of London 2012. The festival is being produced by People’s Palace Projects. ...

Mad Gyms & Kitchens is back

February 26, 2013

Bobby and the Daily Life Ltd team will be performing Mad Gyms & Kitchens at The Basement, Brighton on 14th March at 5pm and 9pm.   Follow this link to book tickets, and check out some of the other artists featured in the new festival S!CK. ...

Diary Drawings exhibition opens at University of Kent

January 31, 2013

The mini Diary Drawings exhibition is now on show in the Keynes College first floor teaching foyer at the Canterbury campus from 17th January – 18th March. Open during the week from 10am-5.30pm, the exhibition is free to all.     ...

Push Me film: Total Permission

November 27, 2012

Click this link to check out the brilliant film from the Push Me Collection: Total Permission. This 30 minute documentary follows conductor Charles Hazelwood as he explored the 12 commissions featuring in the Unlimited festival. We are delighted to be a part of such a great project!   ...

We’re live on The Space

November 27, 2012

Click on the images below to watch these brilliant 90 second films about Mad Gyms & Kitchens on The Space Website. They were filmed at our show in Sheffield and produced as part of the Push Me Collection – we’re so excited to go live!   ...

Listen to Bobby on the Spacepod!

September 13, 2012

Click this link to listen to Bobby in conversation with Lauren Laverne, London 2012 Festival Director Ruth Mackenzie and Big Dance ambassador Arlene Phillips. Alternatively, visit the spacepod page to listen to all five podcasts in the series exploring the cultural legacy of the 2012 Festival.   ...

Bobby’s been invited into Lauren Laverne’s Spacepod

September 5, 2012

Get yourself down to London’s Serpentine Gallery Pavilion on Thursday to be part of the live audience for Lauren Laverne’s pop-up podcast for the BBC and Arts Council’s online arts channel thespace.org. Bobby will join a panel including Arlene Philips, talking about their involvement in the London 2012 Festival. Entry is free but on a ...

Mad Gyms at the Southbank: all sold out…

September 4, 2012

Fear not though- you can still catch Bobby at the Royal Festival Hall in conversation with fellow Unlimited artist Mark Storor on Saturday 8th September, 1pm. Tickets are free but you need to book: follow this link.   ...

Holland ahoy

June 20, 2012

Bobby is to be guest of honour at the opening of the new Academic Centre for Social Sciences at Radboud University in Nijmegen, Holland, later this week. Invited by Giel Hutschemaekers, Professor of Clinical Psychology at the University, Bobby will be performing ‘Ballistic Buns’ at the celebrations on Thursday. This work investigates links between historic ...

Our Website Goes Live

June 13, 2012

So here it is: our brand new website! Chock-full of Daily Life Ltd past, present and future, from the Mad Gyms and Kitchens Tour to Bobby’s Diary Drawings, as well as a feast of previous work. Do let us know what you think, we’d love to hear from you     ...

The Space

April 1, 2012

We are delighted to be part of Push Me, a collaboration of Unlimited projects led by Watershed, curated by Sarah Pickthall and Jo Verrent, and commissioned by BBC and Arts Council England for The Space. The Space is a multi-platform initiative, which will showcase some of the best digital art works in the UK and ...

Sync – 7,000,000 Steps To Leadership

March 25, 2012

In 2011 Bobby was invited to participate in the Sync Intensive Leadership programme. Run by Sarah Pickthall and Jo Verrent and funded by Arts Council, England, it focuses on the interplay between leadership and disability. Scroll down Bobby’s page to watch her audio slideshow of watercolour drawings: 7,000,000 Steps to Leadership.     ...

Fuel Podcast

December 14, 2011

Last Christmas Fuel Theatre, in collaboration with Roundhouse Radio supported by Timeout  and the Guardian, commissioned Bobby to produce a podcast as part of their Everyday Moments series. It is available, free, to listen to online: ‘Everyday Moments 12: any old time when the shops are open, driving on a flyover, searching for Christmas presents.’   ...

Mad Gyms and Kitchens: the Tour begins!

October 13, 2011

Bobby has developed this brand new show out of her own experiences of illness and hard-won recovery. Designed in collaboration with sculptor Charlie Whittuck, an extraordinary set of fantastical ‘recovery’ apparatus promises surprises galore developed with wellbeing in mind. Follow Bobby’s expert example and join her on the road to wellness- and beyond. To find ...

‘Diary Drawings: Mental Illness and Me’ wins Mind Book of the Year Award

September 12, 2011

We are proud to announce that Bobby’s moving and beautiful book, chronicling her struggle to overcome severe mental illness, has been announced Mind Book of the Year 2011. Available from all good bookshops. Watch a short film published on the day of the Award, and follow this link to an audio slideshow of Diary Drawings selected by Bobby ...