Postcard from Newark: Newark School Lutherie Day

Newark-on-Trent is one of those English towns that feels as though the last 50 years never happened. Its rows of half-timbered houses, cobbled market square and the striking remains of a twelfth-century Norman castle all give the impression of a place unencumbered by the cares of the 21st century. It could be said that it’s an ironic kind of location for the country’s best-known violin making school, given the fast-paced and ever-changing nature of the luthier’s craft – as was much in evidence at Newark’s annual Lutherie Day on 3 May this year…