To be fair, if my job was cleaning up after a nervous rhinoceros in a previous life I’d probably still feel queasy a few incarnations later.

I read it as an undergrad and I don’t think any ancient work has had such an emotional impact on me since. As a modern you want to yell at her ‘say the words, sprinkle the incense, go live your life with your child!’
But then you listen to her values and her voice. It’s so moving.

Congratulations! Although I misread the description as the ‘authorised biography’ of Offa and was very impressed.

This is a brilliant line!

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Honestly, I agree! £20 is a big chunk of change for a lot of people.
But I always feel obliged to point out in discussions over cathedrals charging that these are actually quite cash-poor institutions and there’s no easy answer to how to keep them standing.

Jumping in because I used to work there: yes, it’s shit.
OTOH, there’s no charge to pray or worship.
There’s also the fact that 95% of visitors are tourists, the place costs a horrific amount to maintain, and there’s no central government or CoE funding for cathedrals.

Thanks very much! I’ve listened to @allieinchains.bsky.social newest, it is amazing.

I can feel my ankle breaking just looking at that.

Small world! Yeah, been living here for about 12 years. Grew up on Australia, came to Eoforwic to do an MA and just… never left. It’s a great town, incredible heritage.

Oh you certainly may, I’ve got an amazing list of bands going here, any others welcome!

Ok that is some serious hype, I will definitely check them out!

Wow, thanks for the list! Just put my girls to bed, time to dive in

Holy shit this rocks!

Any recommendations? Serious question, would love to check out some BM outside of my Spotify recommends.