Although I am not entirely sold on religious icons I was struck by the dramatic lighting on this statue of the Madonna and Child, in the parish church, St Mary's, in Hay on Wye. St. Mary's Church, of C12th origin, was almost entirely rebuilt by Humphrey Allen in 1833 and further expanded in 1866-67. I last visited St Mary's, Hay, in 2009, while covering the Michael Ramsey Prize. Rowan Williams and Desmond Tutu were leading an evensong service there. I have to say that the parishioners laid…
