'A wonderful paean and vademecum to the medieval parish churches of the British Isles' A fantastic review for #ChurchGoing by Andrew Ziminski from The Critic ✨

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Ziminsky does not offer a dry or academic history of the development of church architecture, but rather takes us on a tour of the features of a church

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Calling all church enthusiasts! Join Andrew Ziminski (@old-church-going.bsky.social) as he talks about #ChurchGoing, his guide to the churches of the British Isles, at the Hexham Book Festival. Details below! 📅 Sun 11th May 🕛 12:45–1:45pm 📌 Hexham Library 🎟️ tinyurl.com/4k2sybrc

'Decorative patterns, motifs, and the red-painted outline of faux masonry are commonly seen painted on church walls ... They are often faded ... but it’s worth making the effort to interpret their time-worn stories' From #ChurchGoing by @old-church-going.bsky.social:

Stonemason’s guide to the writing on the wall

Murals in medieval churches created a shared religious experience, suggests Andrew Ziminski

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Take a tour of Britain's churches with #ChurchGoing author Andrew Ziminski's fascinating piece for @thetimes.com this weekend 👇

Gargoyles, doom paintings and bells — how to read a church

Ever wondered why Britain’s churches look the way they do? Let the stonemason and author Andrew Ziminski give you a guided tour

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Hello, I’m m doing two events this Wednesday and Thursday- at Toppings bookshop, Ely and Daunt books in Marylebone - see attached and hope to see some of you there!

#ChurchGoing author Andrew Ziminski reveals the secrets of Britain's best medieval churches in the latest episode of the @historyextra.bsky.social podcast. Listen below! 👇🎧

Secrets of medieval churches

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The ancient depictions of the Nativity in England’s churches

For hundreds of years, the 12 days of Christmas have been a significant highlight of the English religious year. In the medieval period, churches in Britain and Ireland were vividly adorned with paint...

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'Every seat and stone has a story to tell. Ziminski tells them with aplomb' Andrew Ziminski's charming history of our British churches #ChurchGoing has been chosen as a best art book of 2024 by @thetimes.com.

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Journey from Paul Gauguin’s Tahiti to Vincent van Gogh’s Arles, taking in auction houses and our finest parish churches on the way

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Broad Street has suddenly become festive, and exciting medieval books have appeared in the @blackwelloxford.bsky.social holiday window from Amy Jeffs, @old-church-going.bsky.social and @saracharles.bsky.social! 📕🎄🎉

Just back from a trip to Derby Cathedral with the great alabaster monument of Bess of Hardwick and the wonderful C17th blacksmith wrought screen by Robert Bakewell. #churchgoing #churchcrawling

A lovely review here! www.spectator.co.uk/article/all-...

All human life – and death – is here: the British parish church

In ‘Church Going’, the poem that gives this charming book its title, Philip Larkin talks about ‘one of the crew that tap and jot and know what rood-lofts were… Some ruin-bibber, randy for antique’. We...

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@old-church-going.bsky.social I have your book. It’s brilliant. Very useful on my recent church crawls! It made me really look around. St Giles Church, Hartington. Some interesting features! This stone carving is above the porch.

A nice film about my first book made by the fine people at the Bridport Book Fest. www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5ZL...

Andrew Ziminski on The Stone Mason

YouTube video by Bridport Literary Festival

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#BenchmarkMonday from St Mary the Virgin, Chiddingstone.

I’m giving a talk at Rossiter books at Ross on Wye at St Marys - hope some of you cane come!

A winter wander up to my new favourite church at Pennant Melangell, mid Wales to see the incredible Rood loft and Romanesque shrine. #churchcrawling #churchgoing