Weekend 496.1 (Thomas Becket Exhibit)
“Chosen before the foundation of the world in Christ, Saint Thomas in his propitious birth lit up the capital of the British Isles, London.” – Edward Grim, Life of St Continue Reading →
Category Archives: Weekend
Weekend 495.0 (Now is thus)
(1) The Battle of Towton (1a) The Towton Ring (British Museum) (2) “Now is the winter of our discontent” – Richard III by William Shakespeare (2a) King Richard III had Continue Reading →
Weekend 494.1
(1) A quote from The Art and Craft of Stained Glass by E.W. Twining: “To be able to design for glass, in colour, a beautiful figure, perfectly proportioned, gracefully posed Continue Reading →
Dover via Canterbury
At Dover CliffsScarce hear the surge that has for ages beat,Sure many a lonely wanderer has stood;And whilst the lifted murmur met his ear,And o’er the distant billows the still Continue Reading →
Weekend 494.0
(1) France’s Great Debate Over the Sources and Meaning of Muslim Terror (Tablet) “During the electoral campaign of 2011, the Muslims of France, appalled by the populist-nationalist campaign of President Continue Reading →
Weekend 493.3
This weekend I travelled to Bury St Edmunds. The Abbey of St Edmund was once the fourth largest Benedictine Abbey in Europe¹ before the Dissolution of the Monasteries in the Continue Reading →
Weekend 493.2
“Threatened by shadows at night, and exposed in the light.” ― Pink Floyd “Well, you may throw your rock and hide your handWorkin’ in the dark against your fellow manBut Continue Reading →
Weekend 493.1
(1) St Edmundsbury Cathedral (1a) St Edmund, Original Patron Saint of England “According to the 10th century account of the saint’s life by Abbo of Fleury, who quotes St Dunstan Continue Reading →
Weekend 493.0
(1) A quote from British Rail Architecture 1948-97 by David Lawrence: “Telephone engineer, graphic designer, stained glass artist and model-maker Ernest Twining designed modern station buildings for Bassett-Lowke, and created the ‘Many-Ways’ Continue Reading →