Category: Sculpture

A Quest for Queen Alexandra

I will go to look at the new memorial to Diana, Princess of Wales, but at first sight it does not appeal. Perhaps it will look better in the context of its garden setting outside Kensington Palace.

Holy Trinity, Boxted

Holy Trinity, Boxted, is a small ancient church, dating back to the 14th century. I didn’t take a picture because there is a more than adequate one in the East window (above left).

An Admirable Admiral

Cloudesley Shovell’s a grand name for a chap who doesn’t have to spell it out every time he talks to a call centre. He could be the central character in a series by Patrick O’Brian, for he spent most of his life at sea.

The Font Race

It’s a well-known fact the more it snows (tiddely pom) the colder the toes. Less well known is under lockdown the more it snows the more bonkers I become.

Gee-Gee

Grinling Gibbons sounds like the sort of oath Captain Haddock might roar, probably preceded by “great”, when enraged. Yesterday I pointed out his, I thought, quite rare stone font in St James’ Church, Piccadilly.

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Look and Learn

Look and Learn seemed to me inferior in every respect to a good novel and I only read it if there was absolutely nothing else available. These days Aquila is the go-to mag for a grandparent wanting to give a present that will not be well received. It’s why Aquila advertises in The Oldie.

A Columbarium

A columbarium is an old-fashioned name for a dovecote with nesting holes but it has gained another meaning in ecclesiastical architecture. You will have seen columbaria on San Michele in Venice and in many Catholic cemeteries in Spain and Italy where space is limited. They are those chests of drawers where bodies are interred, not… Continue reading A Columbarium