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Filed under Art, Faith Foundations, Holidays, St Albans 2024

The Last Supper by Lorna May Wadsworth

This 2009 interpretation of The Last Supper is by contemporary artist Lorna May Wadsworth. Featuring the Jamacan-born model Tafari Hinds as Christ.
It hit the headlines in the summer of 2020 when the artist heard it had been shot while in situ behind the altar of a church in Gloucestershire. The damage occurred on Christ’s right [...]

5 Comments CherryPie on Nov 28th 2024

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Votes For Sale!

In 1851 St Albans achieved notoriety when its electorate of 500 men, were found guilty of selling their votes.

4 Comments CherryPie on Nov 27th 2024

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Street Art

8 Comments CherryPie on Nov 27th 2024

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Halloween Changes Into Christmas

10 Comments CherryPie on Nov 26th 2024

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Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week

Architecture is the thoughtful making of space.
Louis Kahn

8 Comments CherryPie on Nov 24th 2024

Filed under Anecdotes, Heritage, Holidays, St Albans 2024

St Albans – Day Four

Case packed; we check out of the Premier Inn before our last breakfast in St Albans. We both had a senior moment in the car park; we paid the car parking fee put the bags in the car and then remembered that we were walking into town for breakfast!
We had to leave the car park [...]

10 Comments CherryPie on Nov 20th 2024

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St Albans – Day Three

When I awoke after another comfortable night’s sleep Mr C presented me with a small pile of presents for my birthday. I had a lot of fun opening them to find a couple of books, a Wrendale mug (to add to our collection) and the much-anticipated expansion pack to my board game Apiary.
After a slow [...]

10 Comments CherryPie on Nov 18th 2024

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