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Hats on These recent weeks of hot weather have seen me more often than not wearing a hat when out and about. The media have been full of ...

Mr Fothergill A discussion on Facebook about the name Fothergill reminded me of an architectural Fothergill – Watson Fothergill, a late-1...

Lost in the post? This post is by way of an apology to a number of my readers. One of the pleasures of having this blog is the number of ...

Hurrah for fount pens! Lots of people like ghost signs, and they have a far from from spectral presence on the internet these days.* Ther...

More shade In the previous post , I featured a carving of the sun, and alluded to the fact that medieval churches are often good places...

Fear no more the heat o’ the sun St Mary’s church, Ripple, has an impressive set of misericords, those medieval fold-up seats that have...

Local interest I know some people who would scoff or at best smile tolerantly if I said I’d made a point of going to Lutterworth. A sim...