Sizewell and Scallop at Aldeburgh

Sizewell nuclear power station has raised hackles among the local populace for years, and so too has Maggi Hambling’s fine sculptural tribute to composer Benjamin Britten, a 4-metre high steel structure of two interlocking scallop shells on Aldeburgh’s shingle beach in Suffolk. Seen together in the shimmering heat rising from the shingle on a visit [...]