by Eamonn Boylan | Feb 2, 2013 | Essays
I chose William Cowper as ‘My Hero’ in the Guardian, 2 February 2013. In my view we should hear a lot more about this great poet of nature, faith, and homeliness. It’s well worth a visit to his house at Olney, where you can see Cowper’s summerhouse and stockings as...
by Eamonn Boylan | Jun 1, 2012 | Essays
Toller Fratrum by Judith Stainton (Little Toller Books, 2012) tells the history of a Dorset parish which was once home to the Knights Templar. Beautifully produced by Little Toller Books (a small publishing house which has done much to revive interest in the classics...
by Eamonn Boylan | Jun 1, 2012 | Essays
Jonathan Newdick’s Out of Time? is the culmination of a project in which Newdick studied the barns, stables and outhouses to be found within a few miles of his home in Petworth, Sussex. The book reproduces his exquisitely crafted, stylish and sometimes witty...
by Eamonn Boylan | Jun 1, 2011 | Essays
Introduction to Poster King: Edward McKnight Kauffer, accompanying an exhibition at the Estorick Collection in London, 2011. “…There is something in Kauffer’s love of Burton which links with his love of gadgets in his studio and paintbrushes stored...
by Eamonn Boylan | Mar 1, 2011 | Essays
‘The Road South’, in the catalogue accompanying the exhibition John Piper in Kent and Sussex, Mascalls Gallery March 2011.
by Eamonn Boylan | Mar 1, 2011 | Essays
In Graham Sutherland: An Unfinished World, 2011, published in conjunction with an exhibition at Modern Art Oxford curated by Turner-shortlisted artist George Shaw.
