He was educated at Gresham’s School, in Norfolk, and at St Martin’s School of Art.His interest in wall paintings led to work with E.W. It added 14p to 242.5p, encouraged by an upgrade from Merrill Lynch.Pharmaceuticals see-sawed again after looking poorly on Monday.The sector experienced a modest resurgence, led by Glaxo Wellcome, which jumped 24.5p to pounds 13.26 after Novopharm secured a deal to supply Glaxo’s Zantac ulcer drug to the US market. As a result, the majority of the painting has been saved and it has been returned to its original position, on the east wall of the nave.Clive Rouse was born in 1901 in Acton, west London. A parishioner then realised he had similar timbers blocking up a hole in a pigsty. E. Clive Rouse devoted the greater part of his life to the uncovering, recording and conservation of wall paintings in churches throughout Britain. He had an almost uncanny ability to interpret the subject matter of fragmentary remains of partly uncovered wall paintings – based in part on his profound knowledge of the stories, signs and symbols of the medieval saints; the prime source being The Golden Legend as written by Jacobus de Voragine in 1270, first published c1470 and “Englished” by William Caxton in 1483.
A typical example of his skills of observation and interpretation was the rescue of the “Doom” painting in Penn, Buckinghamshire: by pure chance he observed some ancient timbers in the pile by their adze marks and upon gently rubbing one of the timbers with a little spit on his pocket handkerchief he revealed a tiny face, which he recognised as belonging to a rather rare survival of a “Doom”, or Last Judgement, painted on wood.

The company, which ended 17.5p better at 361.5p, was also buoyed by reports in a French newspaper that GEC and Framatome planned to bid for the energy division of Westinghouse Electric Corp.Investors were not prepared to gamble on London Clubs, which was the worst performing second-liner after its acquisition of Capital Corporation was blocked by Margaret Beckett, President of the Board of Trade.The casinos group dropped 16p to 386.5p, while the object of its affections, Capital Corporation, did little better, falling 19p to 165p. Willis Corroon was also in the doldrums after sterling hit profits. The company’s plight was made worse by a “sell” note from Societe Generale, and it closed down 1.5p, at 126p.Croda International featured strongly among second liners, adding 12p to 315.5p after Merrill Lynch said the stock was undervalued. Mayflower was also boosted by brokers’ comments, with Societe Generale and Kleinwort Benson both advising investors to buy.The company pleased analysts with its interim results, and added 6p in morning trading.

Zeneca followed suit, despite losing its finance director to GEC The company leapt 39p to pounds 20.42. Cantab Pharamceuticals also improved, up 5p to 687.5p on good interim results.Investors were keen on GEC, after its nimble poaching of Zeneca’s finance director. Investors have spurned the company in recent months after concerns over the effects of the strong pound.Dorling Kindersley, which has not been asked for in recent months was also feeling loved. The media conglomerate was the number one Footsie climber, adding 47.5p to 740p. Analysts said that the market was relieved that the chief executive, Marjorie Scardino, had set a target of doubling Pearson’s value within five years.”Buy” notes from BZW and Panmure Gordon, and “add” advice from NatWest egged investors on.Reuters was another media stock in demand, up 28p to 663p. HSBC rose 13p to a record pounds 22.51.Pearson continued its renaissance after Monday’s better-than-expected interims.

Investors continued to feed their appetite for blue chips yesterday, and sent the Footsie rapidly towards an all-time high on the back of another portion of good results from leading companies. Trading was good with more than 900 million shares changing hands. Footsie finished 64.9 points higher at 4,960.6, a whisker off the record close of 4,964.2 three weeks ago. A weak Wall Street opening was ignored.
Of yesterday’s results, BAA’s first-quarter figures sent its shares up 20p to 580.5p, amid bullish scribblings from Hoare Govett and Societe Generale.

BP, which unveiled much better-than-expected second-quarter results, closed up 39.5p at 861.5p after it said it would start to buy back shares.Shell, in heavy turnover, joined the fun and ended up 13.5p to 458p. The company reports results tomorrow.However, NatWest’s disappointing interim results failed to check the market’s overall rise, but stopped the bank entering the financial sector’s equivalent of the Ivy League. Willis Corroon Financial Planning had revenues of pounds 10.3m last year, while ANIFA recorded sales of pounds 13.7m.. Prices in foreign currencies have been maintained and receipts in sterling had fallen sharply.The company has been concerned about the strong pound for some time, but until May the impact was partially offset by forward trading in the foreign exchange markets and sourcing more raw materials and components overseas..