Life, like a dome of many coloured glass, stains the white radiance of eternity – Percy Bysshe Shelley I often find peacefulness in a soaring stone church, a cool open place to sit and contemplate.

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. This summer the Sainsbury Centre at the University of East Anglia has been hosting an exhibition of stained glass.

Believing that the art form had to move from religious to secular settings, he designed installations in airports, corporate buildings, a country club and a marketplace. By Richard Sandomir Brian ...