Medieval abbeys, cathedrals and parish churches have been a great favourite of mine but I was reminded yesterday of another great building programme of that time. The castles across Europe are a heritage of the continent’s first great series of buildings in stone. The great feature of these castles is that what remains has not…
The Spirit of Water at Salisbury Cathedral
Salisbury Cathedral has been the subject of a few posts on this site over the years including the works of John Constable and John Mallord William Turner. On the occasion of my most recent visit the subject was not paintings but flowers though. An unusual subject for me. In a very ambitious project the cathedral…
St Andrews at Trent – My First Book is Published
Well after years of research and the stress of getting it over the line, my book was finally published on 15th April. Rather than finding new words I will just reproduce the jacket notes. A parish church is often the largest and most significant building in a rural British village. St Andrew’s at Trent is…
Goldworks at Somerton in Somerset
Gold paint on graph paper. Every now and then some art work completely surprises me, taking me aback with its originality, technical ability and emotional quality. We visited Somerton, the old county town of Somerset and found the Art Gallery. The building itself is quite evocative being built, originally, in the sixteenth century as a…
Steetley Chapel, Nottinghamshire.
Steetley Chapel in North Nottinghamshire came as a complete surprise recently. We were visiting friends in the area and they mentioned in passing that there was an old church nearby. On investigation we found one of the most complete Romanesque buildings in Britain. the celebrated J. C. Cox described it as “the most perfect and…
White Box Art Channel 