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And that sweet city with her dreaming spires, She needs not June for beauty’s heightening. Matthew Arnold… inspector of schools, poet, and social critic who warned of, among other things, the dangers of sensationalist journalism and supernatural religion. The quote about dreaming spires is from his poem Thyrsis. It is a long poem – 1863 … Read more

Finally Seeing Inside The Abbey On the several occasions that I have visited Bath, I have looked to see whether Bath Abbey was open, but it never seemed to be. So when I was passing one morning recently and saw that the great wooden doors were open, I grabbed the chance and went inside. Bath … Read more