murals

The Treasures of English Churches: New book shows amazing murals, monuments, relics and carvings

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Explore England’s places of worship and you’ll find masterpieces of design, some of the world’s most beautiful stained-glass windows and a host of astonishing murals, monuments and carvings spanning over a thousand years of turbulent history – as a fascinating new book reveals. The National Churches Trust teamed up with prolific church photographer Matthew Byrne … Read more

Labour’s Lisa Nandy demands Foreign Office remove five giant ‘racist’ British Empire murals

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The Foreign Office is coming under pressure to remove British Empire-era murals from its walls in the wake of racism protests across the UK. Lisa Nandy, the shadow foreign secretary, is reported to have raised the century-old works which line the grand staircase in the palatial Whitehall building with counterpart Dominic Raab. The pieces by Sigismund … Read more