Dante’s Purgatory at Stansted Airport
One of the illustrations that
Botticelli made for Dante’s Divine Comedy
(recently on show at the Courtauld Gallery) is of a cowed gaggle of naked souls
arriving on the shores Purgatory. Why do I recall this drawing fresh (or rather
stale) from a journey through Stansted Airport?
The image is apt for the
scene in the airport’s vast new security shed.
