Soaking IN THE BATH

Peter Brown has gone back to school. The award-winning painter and father of five is currently ensconced at a public school in Lancashire with little in the way of telephone reception and plenty in the way of fresh inspiration.

But Peter isn’t at Stonyhurst College to learn in a traditional sense. He’s on an artist’s residency here, following school life within the imposing gothic building and the rugged landscape that surrounds it.

It’s a long way from Bath, Peter’s adopted hometown, where he lives with his wife Lisa and children Ollie, Toby, Hattie, Ella and Ned (asked if any of the kids might follow in their father’s footsteps and he suggests they might get “proper jobs” instead). Bath is also the city Peter