Walsingham Way
Saturday, July 12, 2003
Interview with Susan Howatch by Touchstone Magazine. She discusses the Starbridge novels, The Wonder Worker, the interplay between Christianity and psychology, and her thoughts on various Christian authors
Saturday, July 05, 2003
Canterbury Tour Peter Collinson's photographic tour of the city of Canterbury, accompanied by his comments and opinions. The photo locations are clearly marked on the clickable map. No shots of the interior of the cathedral, but several around the Cathedral precincts.
Life of Edward the Confessor Cambridge University Library contains the only copy of an illustrated Anglo-Norman verse Life of St Edward the Confessor, written in England probably in the later 1230s or early 1240s, and preserved in this manuscript, executed c. 1250-60. (from the web page description)
Thursday, July 03, 2003
Collage, visual images of London a database of 20,000 visual images from the Guildenhall Library and Guildenhall Art Gallery. A few search options include subject, creator, medium or time period, such as Tudor London
Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae Higher Clergy Index Index to the list of the cathedral clergy of England and Wales, covering 1300 - 1857. Names of clergy and dates of service are available online. This is taken from the Institute of Historical Research research into details of the careers and chronologies of clergy, for a series of publications covering cathedrals from 1066-1857.
Wednesday, July 02, 2003
Welcome to Walsingham Links include a history of the village, descriptions of the Abbey Grounds, the light steam railway to Wells, the Orthodox Church and where to find food and drink (yes, the Bull is listed).
Ashmolean Museum of art and archeology, in Oxford. Descriptions, selected photos and suggestions for further research for on site collections in Britain's oldest public museum. Specifically designed online collections include brass rubbings, Islamic ceramics, and Michelango and Raphael drawings.
Tate Gallery Interactive tours, in depth exhibit descriptions, history, a searchable database of 50,000 items, an online giftshop with a new outlook on paint by numbers (Paint it yourself), and on and on...
Sandringham Estate Photos and narrative description of Sandringham House
http://www.sandringhamestate.co.uk/
Queen's Gallery at Buckingham Palace Overview and history of the collection, with photos of selected items. (Link to the collection shop offers "Coronation" pattern china for sale to Canadians and Americans, but a "full range" to the rest of the world.)
Tuesday, July 01, 2003
Westminster Abbey Abbey tour includes interactive map with several 360 panoramas, as well as description and photos throughout.
