Notes from the boundary: Peter Hart

Rio Terà dei Nomboli, Venice. Sestiere di San Polo. Near to Campo San Polo, Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari, and the Scuola Grande di San Rocco

Tuesday, 12 May 2015

Reproduction & original in art: why the former can never replace the latter

Bords d'une rivière (Riverbanks) 1904-05 It is a fair question to ask, “How far is it possible to write meaningfully about works o...

Friday, 1 May 2015

A short blog on reading, & coping with hooligans – or worse

From the right, Scruffy, Roddy, Millie, the three small bears, and a mouse dressed for a ball. A S Byatt is my wife’s reading. Definitely...

Wednesday, 11 March 2015

Artists copying artists: Cézanne & Millet

Artists have always copied the works of other artists. And the primary purpose of this exercise – when carried out with serious intent – ha...

Monday, 16 February 2015

St Matthew's, Warehorne: a delightful unrestored church

The ‘unrestored of the title refers to Victorian restoration Romney Marsh: the southernmost area of Kent Please note that there ar...

Wednesday, 17 December 2014

Rethinking the policy of “taking no prisoners” (a blog in two halves)

Part 1/ For most of my lifetime, I failed to understand what people meant when they said that they would “take no prisoners.” Its meani...

Friday, 5 December 2014

St Mary church, East Guldeford: The gem of Walland Marsh (Romney Marsh 1)

Prefatory notes and maps showing the situation of Romney Marsh in Kent (within which is incorporated Walland and Denge Marshes) Romne...

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