Every year, there is a period of time in summer when the news all but dries up. In Europe and the US, governments take a summer break, politics goes briefly quiet and journalists are left scratching their heads and clutching at straws to fill empty newspaper columns and pages.

Stop and Look – Morning by Philipp Otto Runge
In his all-too-short life, Philipp Otto Runge brought an almost shocking originality to everything he attempted.