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    Jane Wheatley

    Jane Wheatley

    Jane Wheatley is a former staff editor and writer at The Times. She contributes to Country Life and The Sydney Morning Herald among other publications. 

    One of Nigel Calvert's vessels. Picture: Philip Sowels for Country Life.

    In Focus: The copyright lawyer who turned his hand to a 3,000-year-old artform

    Jane Wheatley meets Nigel Calvert to discover how glassblowing fulfils him in a way that poring over hundreds of pages of legal fineprint could not.

    • Dalí in the Cotswolds? Surrealist artist David Blakemore.

      In Focus: The rural Surrealist bringing a touch of Dalí to the Cotswolds

      Surrealism meets romance and whimsy in the work of David Blakemore, as Jane Wheatley finds out.

      By Jane Wheatley Published 12 August 22

    • Caroline Nixon from Long Compton in Warwickshire with some of her handmade, botanically-printed and naturally dyed art cloth.

      In Focus: The botanical textile artist turning fragments of the Cotswolds into art

      Jane Wheatley speaks to Caroline Nixon about her work and materials.

      By Jane Wheatley Published 5 August 22

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