Never underestimate the simple house brick

Tate Liverpool's Brickworks exhibition is a perfectly-formed show in a more intimate space

When I told my Mum I’d been to an exhibition about bricks she raised an eyebrow. I knew she would. When I was about 10, my family was walking around Ormskirk Market and my Dad started pointing out the different ‘brick bonds’ - the varieties of patterns bricks are laid in. Until then I had never paid bricks much attention, and had assumed, if I’d thought…