Coventry Cathedral glass engraving damaged in set-up for music event
Key takeaways
- Coventry Cathedral, with the bombed out ruins of the old cathedral to the left.
- Prefer the Guardian on Google Deep cracks have appeared in one of the huge angels etched into John Hutton’s west screen of glass panels at Coventry Cathedral after a major music event.
- It has prompted concern that the increase in cathedrals hosting outside events, a big source of revenue, risks damaging some of the UK’s most important religious architecture.
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Coventry Cathedral, with the bombed out ruins of the old cathedral to the left. Photograph: Ian Dagnall/Alamy View image in fullscreen Coventry Cathedral, with the bombed out ruins of the old cathedral to the left. Photograph: Ian Dagnall/Alamy Coventry Coventry Cathedral glass engraving damaged in set-up for music event Figure in John Hutton’s west screen, considered a 20th-century masterpiece, cracked by ladder used in lighting rig
Prefer the Guardian on Google Deep cracks have appeared in one of the huge angels etched into John Hutton’s west screen of glass panels at Coventry Cathedral after a major music event.
It has prompted concern that the increase in cathedrals hosting outside events, a big source of revenue, risks damaging some of the UK’s most important religious architecture.