Thursday 19 October 2023

Tears over Gaza

 

A recent difficult week took me back to North Yorkshire where I found this new bench heading now stands just by Deborah's grave, while knowing how the outbreak of conflict in Gaza would so much have grieved her.  

Having got her old website back up on the web again, I've been returning to her Tears over Gaza piece here - it can be seen in more detail by clicking on it.   

A sombre background to a few days retreat a little way away, not enhanced by what felt like some misuse of scripture in the addresses.  

And this week four interesting talks in the space of just three days - how much the City Council is doing to move Lincoln to net zero carbon, how Chaucer put poetic pressure on Henry IV to pay him, lots of material on a first training day as a potential Cathedral Tour Guide, and a striking amount about the impact of the life of Catherine Willoughby, Duchess of Suffolk.

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