Almost 49 years after his death, Mervyn Peake (1911-1968) is still inspiring new art today. Dark Arteries is a ballet score premiering in London this year. The literary inspiration comes from a line in Mervyn Peake’s coal mining poem ‘Rhondda Valley’ with its three individual movement titles taken from ‘GB84’ by David Peace. – 4barsrest Continue reading 24 of the Best Mervyn Peake Quotes