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Skull sits on an embroidered pillow, crowned with a bridal veil and tiara

The church of bones and lost souls

In the old streets of Naples, there’s a small church of bones, mystery and cult worship – an offshoot of the Neapolitan Cult of the Dead.

September 19, 2019 in Travel.
Trees, sea marsh, coast - Porlock

Somerset: Walking with Coleridge and the Person from Porlock

Walk in parts of Devon and Somerset and you walk the footsteps, opium dreams and Romantic poetry of Samuel Taylor Coleridge.

August 2, 2016 in History, Travel, Uncategorized.
Glasgow Cathedral (Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glasgow_Cathedral )

Why non-believers go to church

Music, community, sherry, a snooze. Even atheists or agnostics can find themselves drifting in and out of churches for all kinds of reasons.

December 16, 2015 in Glasgow, History, Scotland.

Wild beauty in a disappearing graveyard

It took me a moment to notice there was something different about this graveyard.

October 8, 2015 in Uncategorized.
Headstone and ivy. Southern Necropolis, Glasgow

Urban remains: a necropolis and its vampire, a football club and a church

A lunch hour cycle ride through south Glasgow exploring an abandoned football ground, a statue, a neglected necropolis and a ruined church. Not forgetting a 1950s moral panic about a vampire.

August 27, 2015 in Glasgow, Scotland.
Late evening sunlight in St Peter's Cemetery

St. Peter’s Cemetery (Petersfriedhof) in Salzburg: The prettiest cemetery in the world?

The atmosphere was quiet and wistful as we drifted one late Sunday afternoon through the grand squares and charming side-streets of Salzburg.

January 20, 2014 in Travel.
Rolling Fife countryside through the window of Cult Kirks

Hidden Fife: the veiled church

The motorist rushing along the A914 through central Fife would have to be especially sharp to notice the small sign for and the anonymous dirt track that leads up to the hamlet of Cults and its hidden church, the Cults Kirk.

November 5, 2013 in History, Scotland.

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