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Sunday school class with Jimmy Carter: What it was like

It never got old

The Independent UK

After Artist Passes Away, The Rental Apartment He Made His Work Is Declared Protected

Ron Gittins' apartment is the first example of outsider art being given protective status. The post After Artist Passes Away, The Rental Apartment He Made His Work Is Declared Protected first appeared on Bored Panda.

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Rented Wirral flat transformed into 'fantasy world' by artistic tenant gets Grade II-listed status

Ron Gittins created fireplaces in the shape of a lion and a minotaur, and crafted a Roman altar in his kitchen

Evening Standard

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Inside the rental secretly transformed with mythical beasts and murals saved from landlords by Jarvis Cocker

Outsider artist Ron Gittins incredible home makeover was kept a secret until his death. Now it’s been preserved for posterity by fans including Jarvis Cocker

Evening Standard

Ron’s Place: Birkenhead flat of outsider art granted Grade II listing

Victory for campaigners and conservators as elaborately decorated property is honoured with protected status

The Guardian - UK

Jimmy Carter in hearts of Plains residents on quiet Easter Sunday

PLAINS, Ga. — On a frigid and cloudy Sunday morning, Brenda Jennings was among the dozens of people who woke up before dawn, bundled up in heavy layers of clothing and descended upon the same bricks steps where Jimmy Carter sat in years past.

Tribune News Service

Ron’s Place: cash loan saves palace of outsider art at last minute

Benefactor’s offer allays fears sale of building could strip Birkenhead flat of works built up over 30 years

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‘Losing it would be sacrilege’: last-minute push to save ‘Ron’s Place’

Birkenhead outsider art flat is up for auction but campaigners set hopes on rich benefactor or institution

The Guardian - UK

Jimmy Carter, in his final campaign, is surrounded by friends

PLAINS, Ga. — Jimmy Carter could have lived anywhere after he was defeated by Ronald Reagan, but his return to Plains more than four decades ago gave the tiny southwest Georgia hamlet new purpose.

Tribune News Service

Patricia Murphy: Jimmy Carter, humble and kind

PLAINS, Ga. — As a mother of 10-year-old twins, I have spent what feels like a lifetime protecting my children from “bad examples,” the kind of people you’d give anything for your children not to know about, let alone emulate.

Tribune News Service

Flat filled with unique artworks could be lost as landlord takes it to auction

The work of outsider artist Ron Gittens was discovered in his flat after he died in 2018

Liverpool Echo

How the law is failing domestic abuse victims

Letter: Judges were prevented from attaching powers of arrest when breaking an injunction became a criminal offence in 2004, writes Jan Williams

The Guardian - UK

Desperate bid to save 'incredible' secret world hidden inside rented flat

Ron Gittins spent decades transforming his Wirral home into a unique work of art, without anyone knowing

Daily Mirror

Battle to save quirky house that nobody knew about until owner's death

Ron Gittins' imaginative creations transformed his otherwise normal looking house

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The heart-warming reason two sisters started a grave cleaning business

They hope to make it a full-time family business soon

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