When all else fails, there is always art

Even in demoralised Zimbabwe, contemporary art is thriving - and it isn't the only example

Wherever you travel as a journalist, however dicey the destination, there is usually an Upside tale to be found in art.

I have a few personal favourites: Bosnian war art, the humour of the Mitki in the late Soviet period, the only artist in the Falkland Islands "