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The underground movement that reached for the sky
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A STEEPLE peers over the top of some of the least attractive
concrete block buildings in Darlington's Northgate and looks down on
the shoppers scurrying into McDonalds.
When it was built exactly 140 years ago, the steeple, and the
church it is attached to, were at the hub of a thriving congregation
which was inspired by one of the district's greatest preachers.
But now the church, which includes some of the oldest stonework in
this part of the town centre, is a carpet shop and the Sunday school
beside it is a furniture shop.
It was once the Darlington Congregational Bicentenary Memorial ...
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Secrets of the lost tribe
Newspaper article from: The Scotsman
; ...and Roman originals. One of the most beautiful things here, for instance, is a vase painted by the great Athenian painter Polygnotus. When they bought abroad, the Etruscans clearly bought at the top end of the market. But they were no mere copyists. Their...
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The shining light.
Magazine article from: Calliope
; ...symbolism was clear: She could protect Athens at a moment's notice. Around the city were outstanding mural paintings by Polygnotus; bronze works by Polyclitus, who was considered the age's best sculptor of the human form; and sculptures by Myron...
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