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The Heritage Trust
Preserving the Past for the Future
About Me
- Littlestone
- Studied art and design at Swindon School of Art, Wiltshire, England and afterwards Japanese painting and calligraphy at Kyoto University of Fine Arts, Kyoto, Japan. In 1966 I was a lay monk at the Zen Buddhist temple of Ryozen-an in Kyoto and practiced under the guidance of its Director, Ruth Fuller-Sasaki and senior monk Dana R Fraser (co-translator of Layman P'ang: A Ninth Century Zen Classic). Also present at Ryozen-an was the author and poet Gary Snyder. Gary Snyder was one of the first Westerners in Japan to study Zen Buddhism and was the inspiration for Jack Kerouac's book, The Dharma Bums. I was assistant conservator (paintings) at Kyoto National Museum from 1969-1980 and Chief Conservator (Eastern Pictorial Art) at the British Museum from 1980-1986. Japan Foundation Fellow 1973-1974 and Fellow of the International Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works since 1985.
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What could have been English Heritage's cunning (now discredited and abandoned) prototype for a Silbury time capsule was recently discovered in a 16th century Italian manuscript. The illustration depicts the block and tackle that would have lowered the time capsule (a Silbury-shaped bell structure) down the central shaft of the monument before the shaft was finally sealed. The lowering of the capsule is controlled by the figure on the right who may (or may not) have given the person at English Heritage the idea of a time capsule in the first place; rumour has it that said person is now on a taxpayer-funded course to learn what is, and what is not, acceptable to modern conservation and specifically what is, and what is not, acceptable for this unique treasure from Neolithic Britain.
Stop Press: Latest news is that the Silbury Time Capsule Bandit has escaped from the correction course and now has plans to illuminate the S logo on the Atkinson/BBC Door and 1968 concrete lintel with coloured flashing diodes that will be seen from miles away!
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