The dissolution of the monasteries: mindless violence or planned precision? The dissolution of the monasteries has long been cast as an orgy of mindless violence unleashed by a hot-headed Henry VIII. Yet this was a precision-planned operation, writes Hugh Willmott, and wanton destruction wasn’t its primary aim Published:
February 1, 2021 at 1:27 pm
The dissolution of the monasteries was the greatest single act of vandalism in English, and perhaps European history,” undertaken by “a grasping and tyrannical king, and effected through… ruthless, cynical and philistine men.” So wrote the architectural historian Sir Howard Colvin in an essay on the topic in 1999.
Then and now: uMhlanga Beachfront
By Frank Chemaly
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Durban - The picture of old Durban this week takes in the beach promenade at uMhlanga Rocks, with the old picture a postcard shot in the mid 1970s soon after the Cabana Beach Hotel was opened in 1974.
The town was founded by Sir Marshall Campbell in 1895 as a holiday resort for mill workers. As early as 1863, Campbellâs son, Alfred, built a cottage named Oyster Lodge out of Burmese teak and corrugated iron. The roof was painted white to serve as a navigational beacon. This is now the site of the Oyster Box Hotel which, while not visible in the old picture, its red awnings can just be seen at the far end of the promenade in Shelley Kjonstadâs picture taken last week.
Posted: Jan 30, 2021 7:00 AM AT | Last Updated: January 30
Gracie Finley, left, and Leah Pritchard, right, in the summer 2017 Watermark Theatre production of Mrs. Warren s Profession, a classic play by George Bernard Shaw that was first performed more than 100 years ago, in 1902. (Submitted by Watermark Theatre)
Save the railway banks that inspired Edith Nesbit s Railway Children, campaigners say
27 January 2021 • 12:01am
The cutting is thought to be one of the inspirations for Edith Nesbit s The Railway Children
Credit: Baring Trust
The railway banks that inspired The Railway Children must be saved from developers and turned into a park to protect wildlife, campaigners say.
Locals in Lewisham s Grove Park area of south east London want to preserve the section of railway that Edith Nesbit s home overlooked before she wrote beloved 1906 children s book The Railway Children.
Currently a patchwork of privately-owned areas and council-owned land that is used by the community, campaigners want to turn it into an urban national park , providing a haven for nature and for green space for local families.
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