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This African Daisy (dimorphotheca jucunda) I found growing in the grounds of Worcester Cathedral in the summer. A native to South Africa, it was likely brought here by imperial administrators, keen to share the beauty of the other hemisphere. Upon seeing it, the word that most readily springs to mind is ‘simplicity’.

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Sunbridge Wells in Bradford is now a place of drinking and merriment, but it was once prison to Methodist evangelist, John Nelson. The long-demolished courthouse and gaol held the famous preacher in 1744 before he was forced to join the army, the liberty of which was little better than Bradford’s bleak prison.

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