Tag: cathedrals
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War and Peace in Münster
There is a certain irony that one encounters on Prinzipalmarkt or the main street in Münster. At one end of the cobblestone road in this north-west German city looms St Lamberts – a Gothic church dating back to the late 14th century. Three iron cages hang on the church tower. In the mid-16th century, the…
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Prague Summer
I had every intention of rereading Kafka, The Metamorphosis in particular, before we left for his birthplace in the Czech Republic a fortnight ago. It was not to be. I still have the volume by my bedside and will get straight to it after I finish my current favorite Coetzee’s Scenes from a Provincial Life.…
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