Liverpool, from the other side
Saturday 30th April 2022, 1.30pm (day 3,901) The other side of the Mersey, that is. Hence, on the (recently updated) stats this photo counts as one in Birkenhead, not Liverpool. But Liverpool is what...
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Saturday 28th May 2022, 12.10pm (day 3,929) St. Bartholomew’s Church in Ripponden is a fine looking building in its way, and its graveyard an atmospheric and photogenic spot — but someone really needs...
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Monday 20th February 2023, 10.50am (day 4,197) Almost every time I am on campus I pass by the front of this building — the Holy Name Church on Oxford Road. Today saw a rare excursion around the back,...
View ArticleThe Sagrada Familia: World’s maddest building?
Saturday 1st April 2023, 5.45pm (day 4,237) I suppose I am reasonably well-travelled but this is still only my third-ever trip to Spain, the most recent being in about 2007 for a conference (hence...
View ArticleIn Ripon Cathedral
Saturday 16th September 2023, 12.20pm (day 4,405) Properly, the Cathedral Church of St Peter and St Wilfrid, Ripon: a big church for a small place. There’s been a place of Christian worship on this...
View ArticleRichard Cobden and St. Ann’s Church
Thursday 28th March 2024, 9.40am (day 4,599) In Manchester, but not my usual parts of the city, so a chance to bring some different views to the blog. The statue of the Dead White Male is of Richard...
View ArticleSt Luke’s, the bombed out church
Saturday 4th January 2025, 10.10am (day 4,881) St Luke’s, Liverpool, was your basic, big urban church until the night of May 6th 1941, when the Luftwaffe decided to do some remodelling. It has been...
View ArticleWaltham Abbey ruins
Saturday 1st February 2025, 1.45pm (day 4,909) Struggled to find a particularly interesting photo once I got to the end of the day, but this one will do, with its frisky dogs and imposing...
View ArticleSunday morning, places of worship
Sunday 2nd March 2025, 10.55am (day 4,938) I don’t know whether St Bernadette’s — the church in the background — was busy on this Sunday morning, possibly it was. Hough End Playing Fields across the...
View ArticleRing o’ Bells and Halifax Minster
Tuesday 4th March 2025, 6.10pm (confirmed…) (day 4,940) The association between this pub and Halifax Minster is obvious, even before noticing the painting hanging inside, which depicts the choir...
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