Arilx
The life and adventures of a mildly dotty old bird.
Monday 29 February 2016
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The cityscape
From my all too short time spent in Birmingham my impressions are that this city does Victorian and Modern architecture fabulously. If you&...
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I'm not offering anything in the way of wit or wisdom [as if!] this Friday....just good wishes for an excellent weekend and a slice of ...
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The Flat Earth Society is real with real people holding such views. Everyone's entitled to their opinions and let's just leave it a...
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"Why?" you might well be asking yourself is she showing us a picture of a microwave with a pile of stuff. TYM is moving from his s...
I imagine it was the only time that stone cutters were given carte blanche. They certainly amused themselves.
ReplyDeleteYou would think so but it's more likely that they were actually commissioned. The medieval mind seems quite insane when seen from our modern perspective but these were god fearing folk who also completely believed in evil spirits, dragons etc.
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The grotesque detail is quite beautiful (in an ugly sort of way) stuff of medieval nightmares I suspect :)
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