Brecon Cathedral – Petite and delightful ecclesiastical space
Brecon cathedral is small and full of nooks and unexpected objects and paintings. It is no bigger than many a largish parish church, has no architectural magnificence, yet is a pleasant and homely building that is unexpectedly rich in sights and objects. It has only been a cathedral since 1920 following the disestablishment of the...
Green Man Festival 2012 – A Review
Depending on where you are in life, time is judged differently. For some two years wouldn’t be considered a substantial amount of time., for others it would feel like an age. Either way in two years, things can change, and that was my concern before I got to this year’s Green Man Festival. The feeling...
Would you start the night like this?
My first post: B/W Drinker On a night out, I came across this guy looking pretty fly … His name is Jack and was wearing a vintage Wranglers jacket he’d got from his dad. He’s a fashion student in Cardiff, and lives/breaths fashion. He’s wearing black Topshop skinny jeans, navy vans, Primark glasses. I was...
Arthur Machen, and enjoying ‘mystical’ fiction as an atheist
Arthur Machen (3 March 1863 – 15 December 1947) seems to be one of those writers who is continually referred to as obscure and ‘forgotten’ though many of his works are very much still in print, occasionally gets mentioned in mainstream papers like The Guardian, and is championed by lovers of weird and fantastic literature...
