Walter Langley was an British painter and founder of the Newlyn School of plein air artists. He was born in Birmingham and his father was a journeyman tailor. At 15 he was apprenticed to a lithographer. At 21 he won a scholarship to South Kensington and he studied designing there for two years. The sometimes highly ornate work is mainly in gold and silver and in a Renaissance style.

Norse mythology from A to Z: [S] - Sjörå a mythical creature of the lake in Swedish folklore. It was a water spirit, comparable to the nymphs of Greek mythology.