Self-taught architect of a curious and beautiful church. In the village of Wreay in Cumbria, five miles from the city of Carlisle, stands the curious and beautiful St. Mary's Church, which since its ...

Biographer Uglow (The Lunar Men) redirects her attention and the same painstaking care she's brought to historical giants (including Charles II and William Hogarth) to the obscure figure of an ...

The Pinecone: The Story of Sarah Losh, Forgotten Romantic Heroine—Antiquarian, Architect and Visionary. By Jenny Uglow. Faber and Faber; 332 pages; £20. To be published in America in January by Farrer ...

Georgina Ferry enjoys a biography of a little-known Victorian woman who built monuments to nature. In the village of Wreay, just south of the border between England and Scotland, stands a wholly ...

Jenny Uglow celebrates National Women’s History Month and its theme ‘women inspiring innovation through imagination’ with this talk about Sarah Losh, who built an extraordinary church in a village ...

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Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Sarah Losh Vrudny, age 77, unexpectedly passed away on October 8, 2024. Sarah was born on August 6, 1947, to adoring parents John and Helen Losh in Dayton, Ohio. Born and raised in Dayton, Ohio, she ...

A SPECIAL open day at St Mary's, in Wreay, will put the church's fossil designs under the microscope. The church site is also home to the Sarah Losh Heritage Centre, and the architect was also ...