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Fondly uttered platitudes on art and architecture | Dr James Alexander Cameron

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The biggest churches in the world: Anglo-Norman eleventh-century cathedrals

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Usually the idea of what a cathedral ought to be, that is, a colossal church building with a vast hall-like interior verging on the sublime, is said to originate in France in the twelfth century. A…

Let’s fix up Notre Dame with concrete and steel, but let the sun shine into it

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So, here’s a story. On 15 April 2019, when the roofspace over the crossing of Paris Cathedral caught fire, I was in a pub in east London having a burger. My initial reaction was not one of an…