
Last week Edinburgh Art College held its Christmas drinks. The only entrance requirement was that everyone who comes should produce a piece of original artwork on the back of the invitation. Here's mine. It's a pastel drawing from a photograph that appeared in the Times featuring the Shannon Matthews case. Shannon was kidnapped earlier this year, and was later found being held by a relative. During the trial it became clear that Shannon's mother had arranged the kidnapping in order to sell her story to the newspapers.