Category Archives: Art

The Story Teller’s Art…

Posted on September 12, 2020 by Sue Vincent

* In ‘Sunken Cities’ the author, A.J. North, contends that in Math the son of Mathonwy, one of the Four Branches of the Mabinogion, we have an instance of what can only be regarded as racial memory. In this story, … Continue reading →

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Going West: The Poet’s Yew

Posted on September 8, 2020 by Sue Vincent

The rain continued as we walked from the Abbey to the church, the sky heavy and grey. Even the shelter of the trees was not enough to protect the lens from the constant drops, but it began to ease as … Continue reading →

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Going West: Going In

Posted on August 31, 2020 by Sue Vincent

It was either going to be spectacular… or very plain. Probably the latter, as we have found that with the highly decorated churches, it tends to be one or the other, inside or out. It was, then, no surprise to … Continue reading →

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Going West – Kilpeck’s West Window

Posted on August 30, 2020 by Sue Vincent

You’d have to go a long way to beat the door at Kilpeck church, but the western wall has a place all of its own. You might be forgiven for thinking it was a bit of Norse construction and the … Continue reading →

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Going West – The Kilpeck Corbels

Posted on August 29, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Kilpeck’s bellcote reminded me of the first church we had visited, where our adventures had begun, though this one is a nineteenth century addition, carved and decorated in keeping with the rest of the building; restorations have been gentle here. … Continue reading →

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Going West – An Extraordinary Place

Posted on August 28, 2020 by Sue Vincent

“What are those? ” The bumps in the fields as we drove down the narrow lane looked suspiciously like the remnants of early occupation. “They look like earthworks…” It would make sense, the little church we were heading for was … Continue reading →

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Going West… On the Road

Posted on August 27, 2020 by Sue Vincent

June 2016… a journey into the ancient and sacred places of Wales… We were heading into the west… over the border. Our destination? Friday. Other than that and the hotel we’d booked for the night, we had few plans. For … Continue reading →

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Out of Time – a Human Story

Posted on August 26, 2020 by Sue Vincent

We were, had the world not closed ranks against the pandemic, supposed to have been running a workshop at Avebury this summer, looking at some of the less obvious sites and addressing some of the deeper questions posed by the … Continue reading →

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Dear Wen: Utterly Unacceptable…

Posted on August 22, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Dear Wen… It occurs to me that the term ‘Hollow Hills’ may not be a landscape but rather a mind-scape description… ‘…The landscape of Cavan is dotted with drumlin hills but there are also many lakes and the drumlins form … Continue reading →

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Dear Don: Utterly Unacceptable…

Posted on August 21, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Dear Don, Ah yes… Columcille…. it all clicks back into place now… My mind seemed stuck on Aidan… I am not surprised you are happy about the Minahane being revisited. There was so much more in there at second reading … Continue reading →

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