Church Going Book.
@old-church-going.bsky.social
Hello, I’m a specialist Church Stonemason in Somerset- UK.
FSA & SPAB Fellow.
I’ve also recently taken to writing & have 2 books under my belt.👇
www.church-going.co.uk
www.the-stonemason.co.uk
FSA & SPAB Fellow.
I’ve also recently taken to writing & have 2 books under my belt.👇
www.church-going.co.uk
www.the-stonemason.co.uk
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Andrew Ziminski on The Stone Mason
YouTube video by Bridport Literary Festival
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A nice film about my first book made by the fine people at the Bridport Book Fest. www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5ZL...
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'A wonderful paean and vademecum to the medieval parish churches of the British Isles'
A fantastic review for #ChurchGoing by Andrew Ziminski from The Critic ✨
A fantastic review for #ChurchGoing by Andrew Ziminski from The Critic ✨
The blessings on our doorsteps | Bijan Omrani | The Critic Magazine
Ziminsky does not offer a dry or academic history of the development of church architecture, but rather takes us on a tour of the features of a church
thecritic.co.uk
January 6, 2025 at 2:39 PM
'A wonderful paean and vademecum to the medieval parish churches of the British Isles'
A fantastic review for #ChurchGoing by Andrew Ziminski from The Critic ✨
A fantastic review for #ChurchGoing by Andrew Ziminski from The Critic ✨
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Calling all church enthusiasts! Join Andrew Ziminski (@old-church-going.bsky.social) as he talks about #ChurchGoing, his guide to the churches of the British Isles, at the Hexham Book Festival. Details below!
📅 Sun 11th May
🕛 12:45–1:45pm
📌 Hexham Library
🎟️ tinyurl.com/4k2sybrc
📅 Sun 11th May
🕛 12:45–1:45pm
📌 Hexham Library
🎟️ tinyurl.com/4k2sybrc
April 10, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Calling all church enthusiasts! Join Andrew Ziminski (@old-church-going.bsky.social) as he talks about #ChurchGoing, his guide to the churches of the British Isles, at the Hexham Book Festival. Details below!
📅 Sun 11th May
🕛 12:45–1:45pm
📌 Hexham Library
🎟️ tinyurl.com/4k2sybrc
📅 Sun 11th May
🕛 12:45–1:45pm
📌 Hexham Library
🎟️ tinyurl.com/4k2sybrc
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'Decorative patterns, motifs, and the red-painted outline of faux masonry are commonly seen painted on church walls ... They are often faded ... but it’s worth making the effort to interpret their time-worn stories'
From #ChurchGoing by @old-church-going.bsky.social:
From #ChurchGoing by @old-church-going.bsky.social:
Stonemason’s guide to the writing on the wall
Murals in medieval churches created a shared religious experience, suggests Andrew Ziminski
www.churchtimes.co.uk
February 7, 2025 at 11:24 AM
'Decorative patterns, motifs, and the red-painted outline of faux masonry are commonly seen painted on church walls ... They are often faded ... but it’s worth making the effort to interpret their time-worn stories'
From #ChurchGoing by @old-church-going.bsky.social:
From #ChurchGoing by @old-church-going.bsky.social:
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Take a tour of Britain's churches with #ChurchGoing author Andrew Ziminski's fascinating piece for @thetimes.com this weekend 👇
Gargoyles, doom paintings and bells — how to read a church
Ever wondered why Britain’s churches look the way they do? Let the stonemason and author Andrew Ziminski give you a guided tour
www.thetimes.com
January 13, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Take a tour of Britain's churches with #ChurchGoing author Andrew Ziminski's fascinating piece for @thetimes.com this weekend 👇
Hello, I’m m doing two events this Wednesday and Thursday- at Toppings bookshop, Ely and Daunt books in Marylebone - see attached and hope to see some of you there!
January 20, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Hello, I’m m doing two events this Wednesday and Thursday- at Toppings bookshop, Ely and Daunt books in Marylebone - see attached and hope to see some of you there!
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#ChurchGoing author Andrew Ziminski reveals the secrets of Britain's best medieval churches in the latest episode of the @historyextra.bsky.social podcast.
Listen below! 👇🎧
Listen below! 👇🎧
Secrets of medieval churches
History Extra podcast · Episode
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December 18, 2024 at 2:07 PM
#ChurchGoing author Andrew Ziminski reveals the secrets of Britain's best medieval churches in the latest episode of the @historyextra.bsky.social podcast.
Listen below! 👇🎧
Listen below! 👇🎧
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'Every seat and stone has a story to tell. Ziminski tells them with aplomb'
Andrew Ziminski's charming history of our British churches #ChurchGoing has been chosen as a best art book of 2024 by @thetimes.com.
Andrew Ziminski's charming history of our British churches #ChurchGoing has been chosen as a best art book of 2024 by @thetimes.com.
The 10 best art books of 2024
Journey from Paul Gauguin’s Tahiti to Vincent van Gogh’s Arles, taking in auction houses and our finest parish churches on the way
www.thetimes.com
December 2, 2024 at 11:10 AM
'Every seat and stone has a story to tell. Ziminski tells them with aplomb'
Andrew Ziminski's charming history of our British churches #ChurchGoing has been chosen as a best art book of 2024 by @thetimes.com.
Andrew Ziminski's charming history of our British churches #ChurchGoing has been chosen as a best art book of 2024 by @thetimes.com.
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Broad Street has suddenly become festive, and exciting medieval books have appeared in the @blackwelloxford.bsky.social holiday window from Amy Jeffs, @old-church-going.bsky.social and @saracharles.bsky.social! 📕🎄🎉
November 26, 2024 at 3:18 PM
Broad Street has suddenly become festive, and exciting medieval books have appeared in the @blackwelloxford.bsky.social holiday window from Amy Jeffs, @old-church-going.bsky.social and @saracharles.bsky.social! 📕🎄🎉
Just back from a trip to Derby Cathedral with the great alabaster monument of Bess of Hardwick and the wonderful C17th blacksmith wrought screen by Robert Bakewell. #churchgoing #churchcrawling
November 26, 2024 at 8:30 AM
Just back from a trip to Derby Cathedral with the great alabaster monument of Bess of Hardwick and the wonderful C17th blacksmith wrought screen by Robert Bakewell. #churchgoing #churchcrawling
A lovely review here! www.spectator.co.uk/article/all-...
All human life – and death – is here: the British parish church
In ‘Church Going’, the poem that gives this charming book its title, Philip Larkin talks about ‘one of the crew that tap and jot and know what rood-lofts were… Some ruin-bibber, randy for antique’. We...
www.spectator.co.uk
November 25, 2024 at 6:23 PM
A lovely review here! www.spectator.co.uk/article/all-...
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@old-church-going.bsky.social
I have your book. It’s brilliant. Very useful on my recent church crawls! It made me really look around.
St Giles Church, Hartington. Some interesting features!
This stone carving is above the porch.
I have your book. It’s brilliant. Very useful on my recent church crawls! It made me really look around.
St Giles Church, Hartington. Some interesting features!
This stone carving is above the porch.
November 24, 2024 at 8:15 PM
@old-church-going.bsky.social
I have your book. It’s brilliant. Very useful on my recent church crawls! It made me really look around.
St Giles Church, Hartington. Some interesting features!
This stone carving is above the porch.
I have your book. It’s brilliant. Very useful on my recent church crawls! It made me really look around.
St Giles Church, Hartington. Some interesting features!
This stone carving is above the porch.
A nice film about my first book made by the fine people at the Bridport Book Fest. www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5ZL...
Andrew Ziminski on The Stone Mason
YouTube video by Bridport Literary Festival
www.youtube.com
November 25, 2024 at 2:13 PM
A nice film about my first book made by the fine people at the Bridport Book Fest. www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5ZL...
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#BenchmarkMonday from St Mary the Virgin, Chiddingstone.
November 25, 2024 at 10:42 AM
#BenchmarkMonday from St Mary the Virgin, Chiddingstone.
I’m giving a talk at Rossiter books at Ross on Wye at St Marys - hope some of you cane come!
November 25, 2024 at 1:41 PM
I’m giving a talk at Rossiter books at Ross on Wye at St Marys - hope some of you cane come!
A winter wander up to my new favourite church at Pennant Melangell, mid Wales to see the incredible Rood loft and Romanesque shrine. #churchcrawling #churchgoing
November 24, 2024 at 5:33 PM
A winter wander up to my new favourite church at Pennant Melangell, mid Wales to see the incredible Rood loft and Romanesque shrine. #churchcrawling #churchgoing