Burntcoat Past They always seek to help

They always seek to help preserve cultural traditions and share them with like-minded people

Despite having earned a place in the canon of 20th-century art history

as yet untold

it is unsurprising to find a renewed interest in the genre among general audiences and students

Burntcoat Past They always seek to helpAn electrifying novel of passion, connection and transformation from 'a writer of show stopping genius' (Guardian). In the bedroom above her immense studio at Burntcoat, the celebrated sculptor Edith Harkness is making her final preparations. The symptoms are well known: her life will draw to an end in the coming days. Downstairs, the studio is a crucible glowing with memories and desire. It was here, when the first lockdown came, that she brought