Coffee Morning: Pevsner ain't always it!
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Firstly, Happy Holy Week!
Secondly, so I'm currently basking in the sun as I meander the shore of some far-off land, hence why you’re getting quite a short post today. Yeah, I’m completely joking—I wish. I'm still stuck in springtime England, but I have actually taken a week off and we are heading towards Easter so, I can't complain too much. On that note, I will be appearing on the Food Matters Live Table Talk podcast sometime this week, I believe. I'll keep you updated on this as I'll be talking about Easter food and goodies.
But as I am technically out of office, I thought I'd turn the tables. You'll be hearing about some of my favourite church history and church archaeology books as one of my Ecclesiasticals, but what are your favourites? What are the tomes that made you appreciate the history of the church and cathedral for the phenomenal structures they truly are? Tell me all…
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Gosh, such a long time ago and so many books since. I started with cathedrals so I think that my first book was probably Alec Clifton-Taylor's 'The cathedrals of England'. Many Scala cathedral guides later. Betjeman, Mee and Pevsner county series. Pounds' 'A History of the English Parish' plus Richard Marks earlier tome 'Churches in the Landscape'. Perhaps my overall leader is Duffy's 'Stripping the Altars' companioned by his the Voices of Morebath'. Then again...LOL.
Michael Sadgrove "Landscapes of Faith" my favourite for the North East. I like "Betjeman's Best British Churches" too, Ihave the new edition dated 2011. There was an app for this as well, but it died about 3 years ago, which was a shame (easier than carting the book!).