The Victoria Baths has opened its doors after its first phase of restoration. I was there this afternoon and was very impressed with what I saw.

The plaque reads: The restoration of the stained glass windows in this room was funded by the public, in particular the Friends of Victoria Baths, visitors to the building and our Restoration supporters.

Not all lf the building has been renovated! Only the front block. And not everything in it has been renovated! The work has focused on key elements, including the leaded and stained glass windows, the mosaic floors, the casement windows, the basement toilet, hidden structural elements, dry rot repairs, and, my personal favourite, the glazed walkway.

The work is impressive but there is still some way to go before this remarkable building is fully back in use.

A great deal has been achieved but there is still much more to do.

Many thanks to Gill Wright and all others involved in the restoration of the Victoria Baths for inviting me this afternoon.

For more info visit www.victoriabaths.org.uk.

The Manchester Evening News featured my Manchester Mega-Photo in a fabulous double page spread. The date of publication was Monday 8 July 2008, and it appeared on pages 18 and 19.

Earlier editions carried a smaller reproduction of the Mega-Photo. I was flabbergasted to open a later edition with the photo displayed across two pages.

I wasn’t expecting a photograph of myself either.

It’s great that the Manchester Evening News are featuring my work and decided to cover it in such a visually stunning fashion. The Manchester Evening News - both free and paid-for editions - has a daily circulation of around 180,000.

The piece was written by MEN journalist Vicki Holman. She interviewed me over the phone the previous day.

Read the online version on the Manchester Evening News website, and on the MEN Arts and Minds blog.

The Manchester Mega-Photo went on display at the Urbis museum today.

The first visitors saw it when the museum opened at 10am. I arrived around 11.30 to see the completed photo-collage for the first time, and I am very pleased with it.

I have been sitting in the red sofa to the side of the mega-photo watching people as they walk up to it, point and talk about it.

I also met two visitors from Somerset who were very impressed with the work and congratulated me on it.

The Mega-Photo will be on display in the foyer for six months, hopefully longer.

Read this description by Katrina Gallagher of Push On