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Digital Agency, Norwich, Norfolk. Particulary good at Social Media. Tweets have ended up in the Times! And New Statesmen, Metro etc.

Norwich, Norfolk, UK
Joined March 2010
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All of them! 45 Days, 45 Windows, 45 Cathedrals - all in 45 seconds #DivineLight > englishcathedrals.co.uk/late…
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This stunner for #DivineLight today is a pre-Raphaelite window of biblical women. @bfdcathedral magnificent West Window (1864) by the firm Heaton, Butler & Bayne, consisting of designs by Robert Turnill Bayne and Alfred Hassam, is a favourite of staff and visitors alike. It is vibrant with colour even on the dullest of days. Hassam’s use of purple, often in combination with red, is particularly striking. Find out more about the Women of the Bible West Window on our website here ⤵️ Bradford Cathedral also run special stained glass tours which are excellent and can be booked on their website. englishcathedrals.co.uk/divi…
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A bit different but equally wonderful #DivineLight today. We're looking at Christopher Wren’s use of clear glass throughout @StPaulsLondon (1710). By allowing clear divine light to infuse the sacred space, Wren departed from the shadowy interiors of medieval Catholic churches, emphasising clarity, understanding and direct communion with God. Read more about his clear glass here ⤵️ englishcathedrals.co.uk/divi…
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St Wilfrid Window (1977), @RiponCathedral This striking window is by Harry Harvey, a renowned York artist, and dates from 1977. It was given in memory of Charles Sykes, who was a successful businessman in the West Yorkshire wool trade. It illustrates the life of St Wilfrid, builder of the first church on this site in AD 672 and forever associated with Ripon. Remarkably, Wilfrid’s crypt survives as the oldest complete structure of any English cathedral. See all the windows in #DivineLight below ⤵️ englishcathedrals.co.uk/divi…
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Innovative, delicate and inspiring. The unusual methods involved in its construction attracted significant interest. We're at @SalisburyCath today for #DivineLight and the Moses Window (1781), a three-light window by James Pearson depicting ‘Moses and the Brazen Serpent’. It was installed in 1781 and was based on a painting by John Hamilton Mortimer. Read more about the installation on the link below ⤵️ englishcathedrals.co.uk/divi…
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Benedictine history for a monastic Cathedral. Benedictines in England Window (1964). Designed by Moira Forsyth (1905–91) and made by Dennis King (1912–95) of King & Sons - @nrw_cathedral A vibrant narrative window packed with significant English Benedictines and their contributions – including the foundation of Norwich Cathedral. Moira Forsyth displays her distinctive use of colour, lettering, leadwork and handmade glass. This window was among Moira Forsyth’s own favourites, in part because of the importance of leading in the design, and in part because of her love of lettering. Read more about this window and it's history on our website here ⤵️ englishcathedrals.co.uk/divi…
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A masterpiece for #DivineLight today. The Last Judgement (1897) in @Bhamcathedral is perhaps the masterpiece of Edward Burne-Jones and Morris & Co.’s work in stained glass (William Morris died before the window was finished). This monumental window draws the worshipper into the drama of the Last Judgement with its expressionist quality of movement, the total fluency of its glazing, and the striking density of its colours. A major part of the Cathedral’s life is a regular breakfast under the window for those who are homeless or hungry. Find out more on our website here ⬇️ englishcathedrals.co.uk/divi…
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#DivineLight today has an American theme for our North American followers. And it is a beauty. @SouthwarkCathed - Harvard Chapel Window (1905) In 1905 an opalescent window (unique in the UK) by the American glass designer John La Farge was commissioned for the Cathedral’s Harvard Chapel by Joseph Choate, the US Ambassador. The ‘Baptism of Christ’ window commemorates John Harvard, from whom Harvard University takes its name, who was born in Southwark and baptised in St Saviour’s Church in 1607. John Harvard emigrated to Charlestown, Massachusetts, in 1637. More about the #stainedglass in South Cathedral on the link below ⬇️ englishcathedrals.co.uk/divi…
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Great idea! Design award for @ChesterCath ‘This allows the Cathedral’s great oak west doors to be opened whereas previously the Cathedral appeared closed, so that now, the Cathedral appears welcoming to those on Town Hall Square.’ Read more about the award on the link below ⤵️ englishcathedrals.co.uk/late…
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Nearly 2 weeks into #DivineLight so here's a little round-up of the stunning #stainedglass windows so far (or just tap the hashtag). In this order Worcester, Peterborough, York, Ely, Westminster Abbey, Canterbury, Portsmouth, Lichfield, Guildford, Leicester, Newcastle, Southwell and Durham.
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Not a good look. Anthracnose. Seems to be everywhere at the moment. Supers, best to treat this with Banner Maxx and Heritage. Read more ⤵️ syngentaturf.co.za/turf-dise…
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Uplifting memorial to Durham University student #DivineLight @DurhamCathedral – Illumination Window (2019) The brief to the artist, Mel Howse was to create a window that would be ‘beautiful, meaningful, uplifting, spiritual and celebratory’. In the north quire aisle of Durham Cathedral, opposite the Shrine of St Cuthbert, is a window commemorating the life of Sara Pilkington, a Combined Arts student from Durham University. Following Sara’s death from a cardiac-related condition, her parents worked with the Cathedral to create this striking memorial. Designed and made by the award-winning glass artist Mel Howse, the Illumination Window was dedicated on 11 May 2019. Read more about the Illumination window on the link below ⬇️ englishcathedrals.co.uk/divi…
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A remarkable story. Travelling North to @nclcathedral for the so-called ‘Chemist’s Window’, #DivineLight. Dedicated to Joseph Garnet, it may appear unremarkable at first glance, but a remarkable story lies behind it. Garnet, a chemist with a shop on a nearby street called Side, was a devoted member of St Nicholas’s Church (now Newcastle Cathedral). He passed away in 1861, and only after his death did the full extent of his quiet philanthropy become known. Garnet had used his time and resources to help many in need, and in recognition of his selflessness his friends – who had worshipped at St Nicholas’s alongside him – raised funds for a window in his memory. Find out more about the Chemist's Window here ⤵️ englishcathedrals.co.uk/divi…
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"the window was made under extreme difficulties" We're at @GuildCath for #DivineLight and East, Rose Window (commissioned 1939 – dedicated 1952). The eyes of visitors arriving at the West Door of Guildford Cathedral are immediately drawn to the striking East, Rose Window. Designed by Moira Forsyth, the central panel shows the Holy Spirit as a descending dove. Forsyth said of the window 'The first bombs on London damaged our glass studio (Lettice Street) and I had to restore what I could of the cartoon and complete the glass sections, which were stored in the crypt. Only when the Cathedral was completed did I realise how high the window was and it looked comparatively small … but as the glass was all Norman slab it does radiate enough colour to make it intelligible.' Read more about all of our #DivineLight stained glass windows here ⤵️ bit.ly/DivineLight-3
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Wow! Renaissance glass from a Belgian convent that you can become part of ... #DivineLight takes us to @LichfieldCath and the Herkenrode Glass, created 1530s, installed in Lichfield Cathedral 1805. There are 340 panels, in 12 windows, 7 in east-end Lady Chapel with a height of 11 metres. The windows started life in the Cistercian convent in Herkenrode in Belgium and were brought to Lichfield by Brooke Boothby, a local landowner, in 1802. The glass had been taken down for safety by the nuns when they left the abbey during wartime. The glass has been recently cleaned and conserved and now the light streaming in causes the colours to fragment, so that the floor, the walls and anyone standing in the chapel become part of a wonderful multi-hued pattern. Read more about the Herkenrode Glass here ⤵️ ow.ly/u65C50XB5Vp
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Poignant tributes to military efforts during the Second World War For #DivineLight today we travel to the South Coast and the #CathedraloftheSea, @PortsmouthCath for their Dunkirk and D-Day Windows (1956) by Edwards & Powell in the Chapel of Healing and Reconciliation. They were installed in 1956 by Carl Edwards and Hugh Powell’s glassmaking firm (whose makers’ mark, ‘E & P’ over a pestle and mortar, with the date 1955 beneath, is in the bottom left-hand corner of the Dunkirk Window). The ‘SN’ immediately above the stained-glass image of Dunkirk is for St Nicholas, patron saint of sailors, while the ‘SG’ in the D-Day Window signifies St George, patron saint of soldiers. Find out more ⤵️ englishcathedrals.co.uk/divi…
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Confidently striding into the future. Here is your much needed #DivineLight on a rather grim looking Monday morning and it comes from @CburyCathedral, The Sower Among Thorns and on Good Ground, Second Bible Window (c.1180). Part of a now largely lost cycle of twelve windows illustrating Old and New Testament subjects, this panel is one of a pair devoted to the Parable of the Sower (Matthew 13:1–23). The Sower is embedded in his surroundings; he is painted with elongated limbs in an elegant pose as he casts seed onto fertile ground. Some falls among thorn bushes and appears to be lost. He looks back – perhaps to the past – but strides confidently forward into a future when the field under his feet will bear the fruits of his labours. Find out more here ⤵️ englishcathedrals.co.uk/divi…
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The weekend doesn't stop us posting #DivineLight. Stunningly beautiful, the Processional Way Windows (2000) at @Ely_Cathedral. The Processional Way at Ely Cathedral was built in 2000. The first major addition to the Cathedral since the Reformation, it recreates the lost medieval passageway that once connected the Lady Chapel to the Cathedral. It was designed by Jane Kennedy, then Surveyor to the Fabric, to harmonise with its surroundings and reflect Ely’s heritage. Read more about the windows here ⤵️ englishcathedrals.co.uk/divi…
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The largest expanse of stained glass ever made in medieval England. For #DivineLight today, we are in @York_Minster to see the Great East Window (1405–8). 117 narrative panels in rows of nine from the Creation to the Apocalypse, with over 300 panels in total. In the winter of 1405, as a political crisis rocked the city of York, the Cathedral Chapter entered into a contract for the creation of the largest expanse of stained glass ever made in medieval England. Find out more ⤵️ englishcathedrals.co.uk/divi…
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"Very fair" Day 2 of #DivineLight takes us to @pborocathedral and the Dean Barlow Memorial Window. The seventeenth-century antiquary Symon Gunton recorded that the windows in Peterborough Cathedral were ‘very fair, and [that] the Cloister Windows were most famed of all, for their great Art and pleasing variety’. Unfortunately, the iconoclasm of the English Civil War laid waste to most of the Cathedral’s medieval glass; the only surviving fragments of that great collection can now be seen high up in the eastern apse of the building. More about the windows of Peterborough here ⤵️ englishcathedrals.co.uk/divi…
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