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Showing posts with label Ilam. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ilam. Show all posts
10 August 2026

Daily prayer in Ordinary Time 2026:
95, Monday 10 August 2026

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A traditional fishing boat by the old Venetian Harbour in Rethymnon … Izaak Walton points out that fishing can teach us patience and discipl...
13 April 2026

Saint Bertelin’s Chapel is part
of the story of early Stafford,
but archaeologists disagree
about interpreting the site

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The site of Saint Bertelin’s Chapel, in front of Saint Mary’s Collegiate Church, Stafford, is said to date from the year 700 (Photograph: ...
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11 April 2026

Peter Walker’s sculpture of
Izaak Walton in Stafford
and the missing rod of
the ‘Compleat Angler’

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Peter Walker’s statue of Izaak Walton on the banks of the River Sow in Victoria Park, Stafford (Photograph: Patrick Comerford, 2026) Patri...
11 August 2025

Daily prayer in Ordinary Time 2025:
94, Monday 11 August 2025

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A traditional fishing boat by the old Venetian Harbour in Rethymnon … Izaak Walton points out that fishing can teach us patience and discipl...
14 March 2023

A return to ‘Happy Valley’ and
a journey with Samuel Johnson

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Ilam Hall in the Staffordshire Moorlands … Ilam became the inspiration for Samuel Johnson’s ‘Happy Valley’ (Photograph: YHA/Ilam Hall) Pat...
18 March 2016

A journey through Lent 2016
with Samuel Johnson (38)

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Ilam Hall in remote Staffordshire … Ilam became the inspiration for Samuel Johnson’s ‘Happy Valley’ (Photograph: YHA/Ilam Hall) Patrick ...
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25 May 2015

Eyam’s ‘pastor, to this human-flock no more
Shall the long flight of future days restore!’

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The Tapestry in Eyam Museum recalling the brave and sacrificial story of the plague in 1665/1666 Patrick Comerford Last week, as I was ...
22 May 2015

Going against the tide as I work on
a sermon for the Day of Pentecost

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Ilam Hall in remote Staffordshire … far from Ilam in remote Iran Patrick Comerford The names of people and places can be engaging and ...