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Posted 23 hours 38 min ago
Marcel Brunery's Melomanes (Ear for Music) dates to 1935 and cheerfully hangs at Warrington Art Gallery where I inspected in the autumn. The two cardinals appear rather comical, one playing a great cello while his companion, who sits but five feet away, seems to have trouble hearing. Or is the cardinal in scarlet simply enjoying the beautiful sound made by his crimson colleague?
Posted 2 days 23 hours ago
I called at Culswick Methodist Church in Shetland this week. I had been here before, back in 2019, and marvelled then that it was still open and functioning; in 2026, it is now authorised to be sold. The Methodist District’s website observes, rather tartly:
Sunday Worship 10.45am & 6.00pm