7th October 2026
John Wyver writes: My schedule is all over the place, disrupted by family issues and other commitments. But here is a collection of interesting articles and more that I might have contributed last Sunday, and which I hope will get
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21st September 2026
John Wyver writes: I have been away, on an excellent trip to Warsaw, Tallinn and Helsinki, and so have neglected the links for the past two Sundays. Here is a catch-up selection of stuff that has recently caught my eye,
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8th September 2026
John Wyver writes: To Coventry, to the city's great and glorious cathedral, and most particularly to the exhibition 75: Towards a New Cathedral (until 21 September), mounted there in the Chapel of Christ
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6th September 2026
John Wyver writes: One of the pleasures of the past weeks was a day's 'churching' with friends in Suffolk, during which we visited the tiny thatched church of Thornham Parva. Behind the altar is the astonishing and exquisite more
23rd August 2026
John Wyver writes: Welcome to this week's collection of articles and more that I have found engaging and enriching over the past seven days. My header image is Hurvin Anderson's 'Audition', 1999, seen at the artist's really
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16th August 2026
John Wyver writes: The usual Sunday helping of stuff that I have found engaging and enriching over the past week. The header image is of two Hylaeosaurus dinosaurs on the Tidal Lakes Trail in Crystal Palace Park,
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15th August 2026
John Wyver writes: Come with me a little further down the rabbit hole that is Studio BB in the original Broadcasting House. This post follows my two-part 'This temple of the arts and muses', the first element
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10th August 2026
John Wyver writes: In my previous post I enthused about Elizabeth Darling's new book Palace of the Ether: Broadcasting House and the Architecture of the BBC, 1922-1932. Here I want to focus on just one aspect
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9th August 2026
John Wyver writes: As I manage to do on most Sundays here is a collection of links to stuff that I have found interesting and rewarding over the past week. The header image, which seems suitably seasonal, is 'Paddling at
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3rd August 2026
John Wyver writes: 'This Temple of the Arts and Muses' is the opening phrase of the dedication, displayed in Latin and supposedly written by John Reith, at the entrance to Broadcasting House. Sited on an irregular plot in Portland Place,
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