The rest of us, agnostic, questioning, sceptical and spiritually sober, may wonder that such paintings could ever have been popular. They are by John Martin, a painter half a generation younger ...

Waters Rising, a newly-opened exhibition at the Perth Museum, explores the story of the flood through the lens of climate breakdown.

John Martin the painter – who paid for his brother’s defence at the subsequent trail – is an eccentric of art history. He came from a humble background. Born in a one-room cottage at Haydon ...