Bits and pieces

This is the place for posts which don’t fit into other categories… unless they were a category all to themselves!

Bits and pieces by Lois

Reflecting

:A facebook site I am on is all to do with photos, and wow, there are some amazing photos that are shared by the members! each weekend there is a theme, and every so often there is a little no-prize competition. The competition running at the moment is on ‘sound’, and this week-end’s theme is reflection. […]

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Sanctuary

Sanctuary is a series of stone installations by the artist John Maine, exhibited at Salisbury Cathedral. “The exhibition encourages us to engage with the many meanings and implications of a ‘sanctuary’, not least as a place of safety and refuge.”

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Israel Vanderplank

Israel Vanderplank was a procurator of the vicars choral at Salisbury cathedral and this memorial plaque commemorates his life.  I was struck by the unusual name, and trying to find out more, I find that there was also an Isaac Vanderplank who was connected with the church. Israel was the vicar at Salisbury Cathedral for sixty […]

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