In 1986, the television cook Delia Smith gave the Catholic Herald a handful of close-typed manuscripts written by a friend, Sister Wendy Beckett. The nun had originally composed them simply for herself, but then editor Terence Sheehy recognised their quality and, with her consent, began to publish them. Sister Wendy, who died on December 26, aged 88, went on to become one of Britain’s best-loved art critics. Here we reprint some of her earliest columns.
Guardians of the Secret (1943)
By Jackson Pollock
Published December 5, 1986
