Many of you will have noticed that we’re taking what we hope is a more engaging approach to our social media of late. (And for this I must extend huge thanks to Mrs Short and Mr Reynolds who have been instrumental in this.)
It seems that there is an annual ‘day’ to mark pretty much everything. One of the several frustrating effects of this phenomenon is that it creates a type of ‘mental wallpaper’: there are so many of them that they fade into the background in one’s mind.
There has been a crisper bite in the air these last 48 hours, and those of us around Winchester have just witnessed the city Christmas lights come on yesterday evening (and very well done to the Chamber Choir, who put on a fantastic performance at the event!)… but before our minds turn too decidedly towards the festive season, it’s worth us reflecting on two consecutive events in the last week that are always highlights in the Pilgrims’ calendar; or in the case of one, high lights in the Pilgrims’ calendar.
It had been rather a while since I’d managed to do something truly ‘cultural’, and inordinately longer since I’d been to Paris. However, on a long weekend in half term, whilst hopping between a number of venues in the city, I found myself at the Musée d’Orsay.
