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17th June 2011

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EMPTY CHURCHES ‘Youth would not listen or believe; and it was right that it should not. The smuts of disillusion fall gently, begriming imperceptibly the radiance. There is something merciful in the process, one must admit.’ Quote from ‘They Knew Mr Knight’ by Dorothy Whipple, my favourite author at the moment, long dead and mostly ignored since the 1950s. The picture above shows the aftermath of our latest clearout: St Marks in Surbiton, West London. I love church interiors when they are nearly empty; it is then that one can really see the point of them.

EMPTY CHURCHES

‘Youth would not listen or believe; and it was right that it should not. The smuts of disillusion fall gently, begriming imperceptibly the radiance. There is something merciful in the process, one must admit.’

Quote from ‘They Knew Mr Knight’ by Dorothy Whipple, my favourite author at the moment, long dead and mostly ignored since the 1950s.

The picture above shows the aftermath of our latest clearout: St Marks in Surbiton, West London. I love church interiors when they are nearly empty; it is then that one can really see the point of them.

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