Heavenly visions in earth colours

Hardham, West Sussex The walls are covered with figures – some very faint, some clear – like a faded Bayeux tapestryA dunnock is singing from the scaffolding on the bell tower of St Botolph’s, the small square Saxon church. I walk inside, out of the wind and rain, and open the heavy inner door.Automated lights illuminate the walls, which glow with faded red and brown paintings. The walls are covered with figures – some very faint, some clear, part-Saxon, part-Norman in st