Here are some photos from a recent visit to Colchester in Essex, where I roamed around the ruins and remnants of St. Botolph’s Priory, a medieval house of Augustinian canons. It was founded circa 1093. Aparently, the priory had the distinction of being the first and leading Augustinian convent in England until its dissolution in… Continue reading St Botolph’s Priory, Colchester
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Films on TV: A Lost Pleasure
As seasons change, so do the TV schedules. When was the last time you got excited by seeing a big film being broadcast? Likely it hasn’t happened in decades, particularly if you were an early adopter of Sky TV. There was a time when a new TV season would include an advertisement with announcements of… Continue reading Films on TV: A Lost Pleasure
The Shared Experience: A Lost TV Pleasure
One of the things that millennials are missing when it comes to watching TV is the shared experience of watching something at the same time as everyone else. With streaming and time-shift DVR becoming common in the last twenty years, we no longer watch programmes when they are first on. There have been exceptions, of… Continue reading The Shared Experience: A Lost TV Pleasure
Frank Sidebottom – Eight Years Gone
June 21st, 2010 was a horrible day. We lost Chris Sievey, a musician and artist best known to the world as Frank Sidebottom.He was a fun guy and a joy to know and he left many people at a loss.We still have his music and comedy and hopefully later this… Continue reading Frank Sidebottom – Eight Years Gone