01
Mar
From holy text to source of inspiration There is a shelf in my house that holds one of my proudest possessions. It bends under the weight of it, such that I sometimes wonder if the only reason it is still intact is the supporting structure of further books below, rather than the fine quality Swedish engineering of the bookcase itself. It has moved with me several times, from my childhood home in the English Midlands, to a coastal university in Wales, then to a rented flat and finally to a home I own for myself in the North East. To…