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Land of the Prince Bishops

How many gardeners can you see? I can see fourteen.

Windows and a Walk, I

I needed sat nav yesterday to drive to Downe, a village inside the M25 in Kent.

Holy Trinity, Sloane Square

John Betjeman called it a “cathedral of the Arts and Crafts movement”; Nikolaus Pevsner called it “a museum of 1890s design”.

Singing, on the Train

Two more titles from the Shelf Lives stable – both with a musical theme.

Thomas More bought land stretching from the Thames up to the King’s Road in 1520. He chose this site as being midway between the King’s Thames-side palaces at Hampton Court and Greenwich. The house he built became known as Beaufort House after his execution. As you can see there were extensive grounds with gardens, orchards… Continue reading Utopia

The Moravian Church

For about twenty years I sat beside Tony at a dealing desk in the City.

Back to Baroque

My Great Aunt Aline (Lloyd Thomas) is buried in the churchyard of St Swithun (sic), Compton Beauchamp, Oxfordshire.

A Pro-Cathedral

A “pro-cathedral” is a church with cathedral status though not being the main cathedral. St Paul’s is one of three cathedrals of the Anglican Diocese of Gibraltar in Europe; the others being in Gibraltar and Brussels.

A Delightful Little Sin

On Monday we went to Toledo. It is just 33 minutes on the train from Madrid.

In Memory of Shane, 5th Viscount Gough

To the Guards’ Chapel this morning for a Service to remember Shane Gough.

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