John Ruskin – a reputation restored
An opinionated art historian, impossibly thin and with a voice that gets itself heard, Pamela Tudor Craig comes to mind in this, the centenary year of John Ruskin (b. 8…
An aged John Ruskin receiving visit at Brantwood from William Holman Hunt
How to see
2015 has, for me, been the year of John Ruskin. It was the year of four trips to Lake Coniston, two of them holidays in a cottage which is completely…
Mr Ruskin’s bath
I'm just back from my fourth trip to Coniston Water in the Lake District this year. It was neither my intention nor desire to go there or so often -…
The Butterfly goes Free
Before the onset of this bout of acedia, I’d had an idyllic week at Brantwood on the shores of Coniston Water, in a ‘self-arranged’ writers’ retreat. Highly recommended, that: find…