The book’s amazing world tour continues. It has now dropped in with reader Barry on Hobart’s Despard Gallery:

The artist is Graham Lang, who has a new exhibition.

As it happens, I have been to this very gallery and had a lovely chat with director Steven Joyce. Joyce was very protective and proud of one artist he has nurtured for many years, symbolist Dale Richards, whose very distinctive pictures you can find here. In fact, I did try to buy one from...