Church bells and cannon fodder
If swords can be beaten into ploughshares, the reverse is also true, and church bells can be melted down as...
Weather-fretted Abbots
Assuming these are carved in stone, though my first reading had me picturing a human 'weather-fretted' abbot.
Wishing you more...
Of temples and cathedrals
An unusual analysis of the difference between temples and cathedrals, which seems obvious once it has been pointed out.Â
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Mythical-sounding princes
Leigh Fermor is entranced by the names of these princes, making him want to explore Romania. We also decided we...
Architecture that shouts for joy
A beautiful description of a church, capturing a soaring, up-swooping roof, and the exhilaration it can bring to the onlooker.
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Beam-borne planks
A poetic description of an ancient and abandoned bell tower; somehow 'beam-borne' implies flying rather than static, and I liked...
Sulphur-coloured belfries
I like triologisms that combine something with -coloured - when I have enough of them to make a mosaic of...
Crossing the long-haired sea
This poem by the seventh century Irish poet-monk Beccán mac Luigdech captures the ruggedness and exhilaration of crossing rampant seas...
Headache-inducing explosions
Now you know why the Jesuits' stupendously lavish baroque churches needed all those gilded churrigueresque curlicues, to better serve a...
Wind-besieged islands
The North Sea is full of such islands and Nicolson finds in a place of 'sun-trap warmth', sheltered from the...
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