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December 29, 1170: Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, was assassinated in Canterbury Cathedral.
Sketch by Travis Simpkins
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2021-12-30

July 7, 1220: Saint Thomas Becket’s body was moved from the crypt of Canterbury Cathedral to a shrine in the Trinity Chapel.
Sketch by Travis Simpkins
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2021-07-07

Canterbury Cathedral. Sketched rather rapidly in taken from the 1969 Batsford book ‘England In Colour’, which is rather wonderful (and a snip at only 10p in our local secondhand bookshop).

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2019-10-13

Stunning exhibition at by Baldwin Guggisberg ‘Under an Equal Sky’

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2018-05-26

Glad to see the ‘Old Nail Sculpture’ by Antony Gormley in Canterbury Cathedral, which is one of example in my dissertation that English Cathedral works with contemporary artist on installation project.

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2017-10-31