tag:dreamwidth.org,2017-04-06:2909203vivdunstanvivdunstanvivdunstan2025-08-22T16:15:43Ztag:dreamwidth.org,2017-04-06:2909203:711810Current reading: Forgotten Churches2025-08-22T16:12:37Z2025-08-22T16:15:43Zpublic0Just finishing the book <em>Forgotten Churches: Exploring England's Hidden Treasures</em> by Luke Sherlock. A quite magical book, a mix of architecture, travel and history. Also exploration of place. With evocative illustrations throughout from Ioana Pioaru. Thoroughly recommended.<br /><br />I mainly read it on my Kindle for disability reasons, but also had the hardback book, which is better for appreciating the gorgeous illustrations. It's a quite compact hardback book, not too large, but just right. I was just tormenting Martin over tea with questions about "Do you know X?" re X places in Somerset, Wiltshire and Dorset! But also had fun showing him some of the fantastic pictures I enjoyed in the later sections of the book. He's a lapsed bellringer, and in his younger days rang bells in many churches in southwest England.<br /><br /><img src="https://vivdunstan.dreamwidth.org/file/356259.jpg" alt="" title="Cover of "Forgotten Churches: Exploring England's Hidden Treasures"" /><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=vivdunstan&ditemid=711810" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments