Benton End, Suffolk
Benton End, once home to Cedric Morris and Arthur Lett-Haines and the Colchester–Ipswich art school they ran from it, has reopened its Walled Garden — renewed in collaboration with Sarah Price.
Benton End, once home to Cedric Morris and Arthur Lett-Haines and the Colchester–Ipswich art school they ran from it, has reopened its Walled Garden — renewed in collaboration with Sarah Price.
In Edinburgh’s Portrait Gallery, I discovered Avigdor Arikha’s striking portrait of Lord Home. Its scale, texture, and colour revealed the irreplaceable presence of the original - something no reproduction can match - capturing the unassuming grace of Britain’s “quiet aristocrat.”