by Helen Kain | Jan 13, 2019 | Cathedrals & Abbeys, England, Entertablement Abroad
For anyone visiting from Between Naps on the Porch, Susan mentions that the upcoming Literary Tour will include Canterbury, so I’ve updated a post from 2013, as I thought it might be of particular interest to readers. For everyone else, please enjoy anyway....
by Helen Kain | Nov 11, 2018 | Castles & Stately Houses, Cathedrals & Abbeys, England, Entertablement Abroad
On this most poignant of Remembrance days, the centenary of Armistice Day of WWI, let’s have a look at the display of ceramic poppies which has been making its way around the UK since August 2014. We visited the Weeping Window display at Hereford Cathedral this...
by Helen Kain | Sep 15, 2018 | Cathedrals & Abbeys, England, Entertablement Abroad
Bury St Edmunds is a gorgeous little market town in Suffolk, East Anglia with a very colourful history. Originally called Beodericsworth (I’m so glad language has evolved, aren’t you?), the Bury part is a derivation of borough though, given...
by Helen Kain | Aug 26, 2018 | Cathedrals & Abbeys, England, Entertablement Abroad
With its southeast corner a mere 18 metres from the main railway viaduct connecting London Bridge station to Blackfriars, Cannon Street and Charing Cross stations, one has to concede that Southwark Cathedral is smack dab in the middle of the bustling activity that...
by Helen Kain | May 20, 2018 | Cathedrals & Abbeys, England, Entertablement Abroad
On Maundy Thursday we left Fox Cottage in Bretforton and drove to Lichfield. The plan was to see Lichfield Cathedral in the morning and Shugborough Estate, home of the Earl of Lichfield in the afternoon. The best laid plans… We usually confine ourselves to...
by Helen Kain | Mar 25, 2018 | Cathedrals & Abbeys, England, Entertablement Abroad
Worcester Cathedral, more formally known as The Cathedral Church of Christ and the Blessed Mary the Virgin of Worcester, has a very warm and engaging feel to it, possibly because it’s a hodgepodge of every type of English architecture from Norman to...