Should cathedrals be used as discos or playgrounds?

There has been another furore on social media this summer about the use of cathedral space. The one that caught my attention is the use of Chichester Cathedral for a ‘silent disco‘, where the music is broadcast to wireless headphones rather than through a speaker system. Whilst quite a number of commentators have expressed horror …

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Should cathedrals be used as playgrounds?

Another unusual use of a cathedral—another slew of ‘Disgusted, Tunbridge Wells’ letters to the press. That, at least, is how it often feels. The latest episode of this is the conversion of the nave of Rochester Cathedral to be used as a crazy golf course, with each hole featuring a bridge to be crossed, for …

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