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Feb. 24th, 2020
Kimbolton Angel
Feb. 24th, 2020 12:44 pmThis image pushed my equipment as far as it would go.
A dark church on a dark day with evening closing in. I could see there were angels up there in the roof of the side chapel but I could barely make them out. It didn't help that they were placed right above the windows- and the light from the windows was what my eyes had adjusted to.
The resulting pictures were dark to the point of being indecipherable- and I had to process them and process them...
The church graced by this angel is St Andrew's, Kimbolton, which is full of interest even though it doesn't make the cut in Simon Jenkins' church-crawler's bible. There's a window of Tiffany glass, for instance, which isn't to my taste but is both top-quality and rare. Kimbolton itself is a small, pretty market town with a castle at the end of the high street. Catherine of Aragon lived here after the divorce and her body was transported hence for its burial in nearby Peterborough cathedral. Did she ever visit the church and look up and see this angel?
It's a very friendly angel. Whoever you are it's on your side.
A dark church on a dark day with evening closing in. I could see there were angels up there in the roof of the side chapel but I could barely make them out. It didn't help that they were placed right above the windows- and the light from the windows was what my eyes had adjusted to.
The resulting pictures were dark to the point of being indecipherable- and I had to process them and process them...
The church graced by this angel is St Andrew's, Kimbolton, which is full of interest even though it doesn't make the cut in Simon Jenkins' church-crawler's bible. There's a window of Tiffany glass, for instance, which isn't to my taste but is both top-quality and rare. Kimbolton itself is a small, pretty market town with a castle at the end of the high street. Catherine of Aragon lived here after the divorce and her body was transported hence for its burial in nearby Peterborough cathedral. Did she ever visit the church and look up and see this angel?
It's a very friendly angel. Whoever you are it's on your side.
Damned If He Does, Damned If He Doesn't
Feb. 24th, 2020 02:47 pmBoris Johnson sold himself to the electorate as a buffoon. Now that he's PM- and called on to display gravitas- this cunningly-nurtured image serves him less well.
During the election he showed up at the scene of a flood, wielded a mop for the cameras- and people thought he was taking the piss. To stop this happening again he has decided to stay away from the latest floods- and people think he doesn't care.
Damned if he does, damned if he doesn't.
It's his own fault, of course: By pratting about to win votes he undermined his future authority.
A younger man might have been able to pull a Prince Hal and impress the nation with his new-found righteousness and resolution, but Johnson is already long in years...
During the election he showed up at the scene of a flood, wielded a mop for the cameras- and people thought he was taking the piss. To stop this happening again he has decided to stay away from the latest floods- and people think he doesn't care.
Damned if he does, damned if he doesn't.
It's his own fault, of course: By pratting about to win votes he undermined his future authority.
A younger man might have been able to pull a Prince Hal and impress the nation with his new-found righteousness and resolution, but Johnson is already long in years...