From the middle ages it became the custom to begin Lent by being marked with the sign of the cross in ash - an ancient sign of penitence....

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14/02/21 Worship & news from Benwell & Scotswood William Blake, The Transfiguration, ca.1780-1827 Watercolour on paper, V&A Museum,...

07/02/21 Worship & news from Benwell & Scotswood Still from the opening of 2001: A Space Odyssey 1968 film by Stanley Kubrick Jump...

31/01/21 Worship & news from Benwell & Scotswood Khadija Saye, Nak Bejjen, 2017 Tintype on metal; Tate, London Jump straight to a...

24/01/21 Worship & news from Benwell & Scotswood David Jones, Flora in Calix Light, 1950 Graphite and watercolour on paper; Kettle's...

Worship & news from Benwell & Scotswood Cildo Meireles, Babel, 2001 Radios, lighting and sound; Tate Modern, London What's in this week...

10th January 2021 Worship & news from Benwell & Scotswood Jean-Michel Basquiat, Baptism, 1982 Oil and crayon on canvas; private...