David Best: the man who builds art – and burns it

American artist David Best is best known for his extraordinary, cathartic temples ritually sent up in flames as part of Nevada’s annual Burning Man festival. Now he has been persuaded to build a temple in Northern Ireland in honour of those who died in the Troubles… Below, Helen Marriage of Artichoke explains how the Derry project came aboutNorthern California is bracing itself for the biggest storm in years as I drive north from San Francisco to David Best’s house near Petaluma. The sky i