Creativity: WILLIAM HARTSTON

From: The Independent (London, England) | Date: April 14, 1995| Author: | Copyright information

"When crushing digestive biscuits to make the base of a cheesecake," advises Elaine Bisco, "a rugby ball can be very useful if no rolling pin is available." It also comes in handy, she claims, in smoothing out mole- hills on rugby grounds.

"The influence of rugby on fine artists throughout the ages is well known," writes Mark Walmsley, "from the days of Pieter Brueghel the elder (The Scrum, 1565) and Juan Sanchez Cotan (Still Life with Quince, Cabbage, Melon and Jockstrap, c.1600). Picasso's Grand Homme en Tout Noir is thought to have been painted during a brief visit to Cardiff during his ...

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