SPIRAL OF STONES
June 29th 2024
“Spiral of Stones” Jim Ede 1958, Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge. In about 1958 Jim Ede arranged 76 limestone pebbles in a spiral on a table in Kettle’s Yard. Kettle’s Yard is the name given to a series of interconnected cottages in
Shipwreck 2, The Wreck of the Alba” by Alfred Wallis
June 22nd 2024
“Shipwreck 2, The Wreck of the Alba” Alfred Wallis, 1938-40, Kettle’s Year, Cambridge. In January 1938 the steamship Alba, carrying coal from Wales to Civitavecchia, encountered a severe storm in the Bristol Channel. Some of the crew described the waves
DAVID JONES’ VEXILLA REGIS
June 15th 2024
“Vexilla Regis”, David Jones, 1948, Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge. In 1947 David Jones was admitted to Bowden House at Harrow for psychiatric care. In front of his window there was huge cedar of Lebanon, with a chestnut tree on one side
The Crucifixion at Moone
June 8th 2024
I am still focused on the 10th Century High Cross at Moone, Co. Kildare. This week I want to draw your attention to the crucifixion scene which is directly above the twelve apostles on the west side of the cross.
THE LOAVES AND FISHES AT MOONE
June 1st 2024
The 10th Century High Cross at Moone, Co. Kildare, is the finest example of what are known as scripture crosses, named after the Cross of the Scriptures at Clonmacnois which is referred in the Annals (1060) as Cross na
