The Real Peter Wayne

@HarryCrew9 Indeed. But imagine standing before such a construct in medieval dome. It must have been mind blowing. You could see it for miles before arriving!

@TheRealPeterWa1 I suspect the lowly uneducated was busy earning a crust and perhaps raised two fingers to the opulence of the castle and the church when he gave it thought. He was of course conditioned to his place in life….but it was a grim existence by our standards.

Definition of imposing at Lincoln Cathedral. What a great city it must have been in the 13th and 14th centuries! Andimagine what the average uneducated populace must have thought when they looked up at it.

Countries that invest in #rehabilitation have fewer #crime victims, pay lower taxes and improve their societies. #prison doesn't work.

2 Sept 1399: Richard II is lodged as a prisoner in the Tower of #London by Henry IV #otd

One of my favourite boyhood TV progs. Used to love it when the rest of the family cleared off so I could be one of Robin's merry men without the C20th!

Guess this is what they call feeding frenzy. Acton Marke Place.

And there she went. The last any camera saw of her until the pèsky submarines arrived. Tragedy.

The two stars of the sow. Just started on Channel4 is the second series of the surprisingly excellent prison drama "SCREWS'. Catch it if you can.

28 Aug 1583: Willam Latymer, biographer of Anne Boleyn buried in Peterborough Cathedral #otd (PAC)

@jdmccafferty @Tudorscribe @thetudortimes @TudorTweep That dress!

Congratulations and jubilation. I have actually managed to reach 650 folk on my followers' list Still s way to go to catch up with them at t'top. But slowly I ascend.

Now look what they're doing in Norway. What a fantastic creation - a roof without the normality of a house below it.

@TalkingPicsTV Absolutely. Will do. You could perhaps give me a five or ten minute slot to critique the previous week's showings or to preview the week to come. Just an idea. I have a strong blacklist ofpublished work in The Times, TheSpectator, Prospect, TLS, New Statesman et al.

@TheRealPeterWa1 Thank you Peter, please keep spreading the word!

Tomorrow! Premiere Monday 28th August #FrankSinatra #KimNovak #EleanorParker THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN ARM (1955) 8:45pm classic drama #TPTVsubtitles

@FXMC1957 What a writer, and what an opportunity in later years to transfer his compelling stories onto fim!

27 August 1899. Cecil Smith (known by his pen name C. S Forester), was born in Cairo, Egypt. He’s best known for his 12-book Horatio Hornblower series, depicting a Royal Navy officer during the Napoleonic wars. He also wrote, The African Queen, which became a feature film.

@BooksTeaFilms More stained glass in Coventry, designed te year I was born. Very different from the cathedral replacements.

The Te Deum window at Holy Trinity, Coventry. It was designed by Hugh Easton to replace Victorian glass destroyed by bombing in the war, and dedicated in 1955. Please note that in addition to the #augustangels in the glass, the bonus angels in the roof! #StainedGlassSunday

All rather ordinary I wd have thought. But lookat the footof the page and diversity of prices. Obviously not everybody is feeling the cost of living crisis!

@johnevigar Splendid. I've a biog of Queen Anne waiting to be read even as I write.