Justin Reay: Light and Shade - the Persian Paradise Garden The formal ‘paradise gardens’ of Persia (Iran) are noted for their tranquillity and the respite they offer from the summer heat of...

David Worthington: Sculpture and Architecture  It is likely that the first architects were the stonemasons who built the temples and cathedrals. So sculptors were the architects. In the ancient world the...

Steve Kershaw: The Minoans of Crete - the first Europeans At the start of the 20th century Arthur Evans unearthed an entire civilisation on the island of Crete. Its impressive public...