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Edward Ardizzone, Cyclists at Paddington Rec.
Original watercolour with pen and black ink, undated (although Ardizzone described similar paintings also showing the Paddington Recreation Ground as ‘early works’) sold at Lawrences of Crewkerne in 2021.
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The Ancient Mariner, illustrated by Mervyn Peake
Mervyn peake has been one of my favourites for a very, very long time. I think I was probably in my middle teens when I first read Gormenghast; having been brought up on a steady diet of fairly po-faced sub-Tolkien fantasy, Peake’s writing hit me like the Cure’s tour bus. It was probably my first…