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Diary: by Harry Mount
October 18, 2018
Ever since 1984, when I went to Westminster School, I have explored the hidden corners of St James’s Park. The park is tiny – only 57 acres – but there are still lots of places to get lost in. In 2011, the body of an American royal obsessive was found on West Island in the
Diary: by Harry Mount
August 23, 2018
Over the weekend, I made a pilgrimage to Combe Florey, the Somerset village and house where Evelyn, and then Auberon, Waugh, lived. As a child, I went there several times – my parents were friends of the Waughs. Seeing the charming classical house made me think what Bron would have thought of today’s political climate.
The beauty of rood screens
August 05, 2018
The screens were once the main visual showpiece of a church
Where pre-Reformation glory can still be seen
August 02, 2018
Rood Screens by Richard Hayman, Shire Books, 64pp, £7.99 Rood screens? Surely you can’t write a whole book about them – and, if you do, surely it would be unbearably boring? But in fact, Richard Hayman can write a book about them – not least because he is an expert in these matters, having also
Diary: by Harry Mount
July 19, 2018
Why do British men wear socks and jackets during the intense heat? After years of sweating through summer parties, I’ve made a breakthrough in this heat-wave year, dispensing with socks, jacket and tie. I’m all for formality, but not in the face of 80-degree heat and torrents of sweat. Still, I feel like a pariah
British exceptionalism from Virgil to Blair
July 19, 2018
The Story of Britain by Roy Strong, Weidenfeld, 608pp, £30 Sir Roy Strong is known for his reigns at the Victoria and Albert Museum and the National Portrait Gallery. His flamboyant clothes and outspoken opinions also get a lot of press. His talent as a writer of clear, unflashy, deeply well-informed prose takes a back
How the Romans civilised Britain
June 28, 2018
Sacred Britannia by Miranda Aldhouse-Green, Thames & Hudson, 256pp, £19.95 The wisest words about how the British behaved under Roman rule came from Tacitus. They were in his book about Agricola, his father-in-law, Governor of Britannia in the early AD 80s. We gullible British fools fell for Roman fashions – from the toga, to hot
England’s Valhalla
June 21, 2018
The most extraordinary things in the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Galleries are the galleries themselves. Suddenly you see a huge chunk of Westminster Abbey that has never been open to the public since Henry III rebuilt the place in 1250. They are literally a revelation – like stumbling on an extra ballroom at Versailles, or finding
Diary by Harry Mount
May 24, 2018
I applauded loudly at Billy Graham’s last “crusade”, in New York in 2005. I swayed to the music at a soul and gospel church service in Antigua a few years ago. But I spent half of Bishop Michael Curry’s 14-minute sermon at the Royal Wedding staring through splayed fingers. My overwhelming reaction was one of
Harry Mount: Pipe up for organists
April 05, 2018
There was a chilling moment in the Easter sermon in my north London church on Sunday. “The collection this Easter will partly be spent on family-friendly changes to the church,” said the priest. My heart froze. In the modern church lexicon, “family-friendly” can only mean one thing: ripping out the pews. Indeed, on further investigation,
Travel & pilgrimage: A soul-lifting ride around Pembrokeshire
March 08, 2018
Pembrokeshire isn’t pilgrimage country any more. Things were different in the 12th century when Pope Calixtus II made a special case of St David’s – Pembrokeshire’s pocket cathedral – and declared: “Two pilgrimages to St David’s is equal to one to Rome, and three pilgrimages to one to Jerusalem.” St David’s is still wonderfully remote,
A toast to drunken exercise
February 01, 2018
I’ve had enough of the puritanical brigade: the “dry January” lot; the clean eaters; the obsession with personal trainers. By all means, cut out life’s pleasures – but please don’t show off about it. I’ve developed a different version of the line originally attributed to Voltaire: “I approve of what you do, but I will
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