
"There is no God and I hate Him".
A. D

St James’ Church in the district of Church near Oswaldtwistle is now redundant, sadly. A strikingly working-class area where churchgoing might be deemed a rather unusual or eccentric pastime, I presume it could not sustain a congregation and justify keeping open its doors.

Lowry’s Flowers in a Window (1956) hangs in the gallery that bears his name down in Salford. Had it been painted by someone else, it would be worthless, but his signature adds rather a lot of zeros to any auction price.