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Nights (and Days) on the Toon (Newcastle) St Nicholas: Gothic Cathedral

St Nicholas Cathedral  Newcastle upon Tyne is a lovely little gem of a cathedral!  St Nicholas was the patron saint of  boats and sailors.  Built in 1291, it was burnt to the ground in 1216 and rebuilt in 1359.  It  finally became a cathedral in 1882.  The style is Gothic.   The stained glass inContinue reading “Nights (and Days) on the Toon (Newcastle) St Nicholas: Gothic Cathedral”

Buy one; get another, then another until eventually you get the Sir John Soane’s Museum

What a remarkable place!   What a remarkable man, son of a Bricklayer (b. 1753) Sir John Soane, Architect turned out to be!   There are also drawings, prints, furniture, clocks and of course books … the list is endless!  What a great time Soane must have had collecting them all.  He was continually building onContinue reading “Buy one; get another, then another until eventually you get the Sir John Soane’s Museum”