stories – Regular Marvels

An unexpected revival

As I worked on it, I realised that it is another Regular Marvel, the simplest, easiest but in some ways the most beautiful yet

In a world saturated with pictures, the work of artists is very vulnerable and very important –vulnerable because it

The fourth Regular Marvel is called The Light Ships: Church, art and community in the Lincolnshire Fens. It will be

The Light Ships is proving to be a revelation. An exploration of the church’s place in a community’s artistic life,

Words captivated me first: then stories. As a small child, I didn’t always follow the story or care if I

Human beings exist in language. Words and people change each other constantly. The meaning of words shifts as they slip

Classical music is as important as photography in Terence Davies’ elegiac film about the people and city of Liverpool in

‘Music is in the first place of art. It brings us on an island with peace, beauty and love. Music

Why do writers quote other writers? The reasons are complex, and do not preclude such weaknesses as showing off—no one