Although I‘d seen other works of the reprehensible Eric Gill, I knew little of the art he’d created for the Midland Hotel in Morecambe. During a hotel tour, our engaging concierge captivated us with his detailed knowledge of the various Gill pieces: the Neptune medallion, the decorative local map and the relief depicting Odysseus being welcomed from the sea by Nausicaa. And seemingly, locals experienced only moderate degeneracy when dissolute Gill, wearing nothing but a smock, was carving the seahorses high on the front of the hotel. But does his unquestionable artistic genius excuse his appalling behaviours? Absolutely not!
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