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  • Great art remains stable and unobscure because the feelings that it awakens are independent of time and place, because its kingdom is not of this world.

    Art Clive Bell 1922

  • The ideas of men go buzz and die like gnats; men change their institutions and their customs as they change their coats; the intellectual triumphs of one age are the follies of another; only great art remains stable and unobscure.

    Art Clive Bell 1922

  • The sanctuary is being restored to its original dimensions, the altar is being moved back deeper into the sanctuary, the altar is being placed upon a predella (steps) as is traditional, the baptismal font is being moved to the traditional placement at the back of the church, the flooring that was covered by lino is being restored, the organ is being put in the organ loft and an improvised confessional is being removed which will unobscure some Hardman windows.

    Renovations in Action: Saint Mary Magdalen, Brighton, UK 2009

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