Illuminations

John Wyver writes: To Coventry, to the city’s great and glorious cathedral, and most particularly to the exhibition 75: Towards a New Cathedral (until 21 September), mounted there in the Chapel of Christ the Servant (above).

John Wyver writes: One of the pleasures of the past weeks was a day’s ‘churching’ with friends in Suffolk, during which we visited the tiny thatched church of Thornham Parva.

John Wyver writes: Welcome to this week’s collection of articles and more that I have found engaging and enriching over the past seven days.

John Wyver writes: The usual Sunday helping of stuff that I have found engaging and enriching over the past week.

John Wyver writes: Come with me a little further down the rabbit hole that is Studio BB in the original Broadcasting House.

John Wyver writes: In my previous post I enthused about Elizabeth Darling’s new book Palace of the Ether: Broadcasting House and the Architecture of the BBC, 1922-1932.

John Wyver writes: As I manage to do on most Sundays here is a collection of links to stuff that I have found interesting and rewarding over the past week.

John Wyver writes: ‘This Temple of the Arts and Muses’ is the opening phrase of the dedication, displayed in Latin and supposedly written by John Reith, at the entrance to Broadcasting House.

John Wyver writes: My usual compendium of links to stuff that this week has caught my eye and engaged my brain.

John Wyver writes: When the BBC television service at Alexandra Palace began operations officially on 2 November 1936, Studio A was fitted out with four Emitron electronic cameras supplied by the recently-established joint venture company Marconi-EMI.