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 →
Category Archives: Weekend
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 →
Weekend 492.3 (and all the rest)
Needed a placeholder. There’s a growing tension between Catholics regarding the Church pre and post Second Vatican Council. Not sure I have an opinion yet that isn’t influenced by causality Continue Reading →
Weekend 492.1
I’m waiting for the café next door to open…need coffee. Yesterday I went to Mass at Our Lady of Fatima in Harlow. The church was featured in 100 Churches 100 Continue Reading →
Weekend 492.0
(1) Steven Sykes created the hanging cross above the altar at St. Margaret of Scotland in Twickenham. He lived a very extraordinary life. The church and artist are featured in Continue Reading →