Architecture Churches in Early Medieval Ireland Tomás O'Carragáin (Yale, £40)
You couldn't pretend that churches built in Ireland between the 5th and the 11th centuries-the subject of this book-are great architecture. Yet nor could you read Tomás O'Carragáin's sensitive analysis of them without being convinced they are both important and fascinating. In these years, Ireland was producing a group of outstanding missionaries who would shape the future of European history. How interesting to consider, therefore, the churches they knew in their homeland. Also to explore why these buildings exist, how they were used, their points of architectural reference and what inspired their ornament.
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If heaven is on earth, it might be in this home with a converted chapel that is now a swimming pool5 Wood Barton Town House is part of an exclusive 80-acre development in Devon that also comes with fishing rights on the River Avon and four bedrooms.
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An Italian-inspired recipe for lemon-butter pasta shells with spring greens, ricotta and pangrattatoSpring greens are just about to come into their own, so our Kitchen Garden columnist reveals exactly what to do with them.
