http://www.acutting.co.uk/people/the-arundel-tomb still let me guard the holy fire, and still stir up the gift in me Wed, 01 Sep 2010 12:44:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.acutting.co.uk/people/the-arundel-tomb/comment-page-1#comment-4548 Hugh Daniels Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:17:28 +0000 http://www.acutting.co.uk/?p=1085#comment-4548 Since reading this entry in your blog, and also hearing the poem and discussion on R4, we finally got down to Chichester Cathedral, and it was not a disappointment. On the radio there was a suggestion that the statues were created much later than the the burial, when the remains were re-interred after the destruction of Lewes Priory, but it still carries you back to think of the original nobleman and his wife - his second as I read on the plaque at Chichester. How hard it is to think of historical figures as real people like us, with all the same foibles and feelings. Thank you for your role in encouraging us to follow up this story. Isn't poetry wonderful. Since reading this entry in your blog, and also hearing the poem and discussion on R4, we finally got down to Chichester Cathedral, and it was not a disappointment. On the radio there was a suggestion that the statues were created much later than the the burial, when the remains were re-interred after the destruction of Lewes Priory, but it still carries you back to think of the original nobleman and his wife – his second as I read on the plaque at Chichester. How hard it is to think of historical figures as real people like us, with all the same foibles and feelings.
Thank you for your role in encouraging us to follow up this story. Isn’t poetry wonderful.

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