Ooh, Coventry Cathedral of course - I forgot about that. A special case because there's still the shell of something beautiful: left there, no doubt, to show you what we had once and turned out … (View Post)

I'm sure if they knew the horrible 20th century architecture their bishops would have to put up with 500 years later they would have been more clement in granting Henry VIII a divorce. (View Post)

I think it's a myth that a cathedral makes a town a city. There are several examples of Cathedrals in towns (like Southwell). I think it's just the fact that several hundred years ago the c… (View Post)

Entirely off thread, but the page which comes up when I click 'new tab' on my work computer is the MSN home page, which gives a rolling string of clickbait. For some reason I get a lot of c… (View Post)

It doesn't look like getting ditched - just turning it into a T20 competition. Which would be better. But there is already a perfectly good one of those. Indeed, I'm going to buy my tickets… (View Post)