Here’s my chance to have parity with the generations that might listen to the final note of Longplayer in 975 years’ time. Here’s my chance to look down upon a thousand-year thread of time and try to comprehend what this building means to me.
With the full day ahead of me – and feeling like a lord and master over time – I visit all my usual haunts: breakfast at the Naked Man, a browse through the bookshop on the market square, coffee at the Folly on the hill.
After we discovered the WWI graffiti we headed back down to the nave in a kind of torch driven half-light. When we reached the bottom of the stairs in the nave, John tapped me on the shoulder and told me a secret.
The genius of this place is revealed in how its inhabitants shaped the land to serve their needs, while letting the land shape them in return..
In the midst of Richmond I found an invincible joy in the accumulation of the past within the honeycombed streets.
The climb to the castle heights takes me from the market's hustle and bustle to the whistle of the wind through the ramparts. With every metre gained in height, the clamour below gradually evaporates.
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The light is a blessing today, John - the magnificent and ruinous east end is rising above the rooftops.
It’s remarkable how, when we take the time to look closely, we can sense the spirit or zeitgeist behind an object. For me, it feels like time travel—an opening into the mind of the artist who crafted it.