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Arts News The latest heritage news and views. Compiled by Simon TaitMemorial to Cranleigh deadNicholas Dimbleby, son of the war correspondent and broadcaster Richard Dimbleby, has sculpted a memorial commemorating the 382 former pupils of Cranleigh School in Surrey who have fallen in battle during their school’s 150 years. Dimbleby is a former pupil of the school which commissioned him to create the piece, called Leaving. It was unveiled on the centenary of the fi rst day of the battle of the Somme by General the Lord Dannatt, former Chief of the General Staff.“There is a burden of responsibility with a war memorial that perhaps weighs more heavily than with other commissions,” said Dimbleby. “My client for this commission has been the children, in particular those of school leaving age, whose predecessors 100 years ago walked straight into war. Through conversations with these young people it became apparent that the desire for peace greatly outweighs the ‘nobility of death in battle’ and that therefore this should not be a ‘generic’ memorial, simply a listing of the fallen”. The sculpture is surrounded by a glass panel listing the Old Cranleighans who died in battle. Below: Nicholas Dimbleby with the memorial at Cranleigh SchoolCrowdfunding helps search for Lindisfarne monasteryExperts from the Department of Archaeology at Durham University and the crowd-funded archaeology platform DigVentures have found what they believe to be evidence of the earliest monastery on the island of Lindisfarne in Northumberland.During a two-week dig in June, excavators found a name stone, a sandstone marker, which has been dated to the seventh/eighth centuries. The letters end in “frith” (a common element of Anglo-Saxon surnames) and may commemorate an early monk. Only 13 name stones have ever been found in the area before. The Lindisfarne monastery was founded by King Oswald of Northumbria in 635 and became a religious powerhouse in Europe, with the Lindisfarne Gospels written there in the seventh century. However, the exact location of that fi rst monastery is not known.DigVentures raised £25,000 from people worldwide to help fund the project.Below: The sandstone marker may be evidence of the fi rst monasteryIronbridge launches 50th prizeTo celebrate its 50th birthday next year, Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust has launched an open art competition for the local community, with cash prizes for the winners (or their school, in the case of children).Residents of Telford and Shropshire are invited to submit works of 2D or 3D art inspired by the museums. There are three age categories, plus two school categories. Entries must be submitted in March 2017, and winning pieces will be exhibited across the ten museums from May 22, 2017 until January 2, 2018. See the details on www.ironbridge.org.uk.One of the great Victorian paintings is going home. Frederic, Lord Leighton’s Flaming June is returning on loan to the house in which it was painted in 1895. An exhibition explores the work’s extraordinary story, from its creation, fi rst critical reception at the Royal Academy, ‘disappearance’ in the middle of the 20th century and rise to international fame. It will be at Leighton House from November 4–April 2, 2017.Above: Frederic Leighton, Flaming June, 1895 (detail). Museo de Arte de Puerto RicoLeighton marks return of JuneARTS NEWSwww.nadfas.org.uk NADFAS REVIEW / AUTUMN 2016 11