Here’s Lendal Bridge pictured recently, an evening in late April, with barely any traffic. During the day of course it’s generally full of traffic. I can’t say this has in any way offended me, and I’ve generally found it possible to cross the road when I need to. Sometimes after waiting a while.
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They’re just small details in the local landscape, aren’t they, bits of shrubbery, hedges. But that doesn’t mean they’re not important. They’re also perhaps symbolising a bigger thing, as small things often do.
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Before moving on to other subjects, a few links which may be of interest.
I wanted to understand – or at least locate the source for – the oft-repeated … More …
An email I received recently, from a York resident:
‘I feel embarrassed for York, which is not a feeling I care for at all. It’s been wonderful to read your good sense on all this … once I talk to people about this (those who aren’t bored rigid by it … More …
A break with tradition on this page, as I’m illustrating it with photos of Leicester.
The unseemly wrangle to wrest Richard III’s bones from Leicester has quietened a little, but will no doubt resurface again.
When I heard that the remains were to … More …
Here’s a detail from a beautiful wooden screen in York Minster, remembering women who gave their lives in war. Moving, isn’t it.
‘Lay my body where you will, and be not anxious about it’
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