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Should cathedrals be used as discos or playgrounds?

August 29, 2023August 23, 2023 by Ian Paul

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 … Continue Reading

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Should cathedrals be used as playgrounds?

July 31, 2019July 31, 2019 by Ian Paul

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 … Continue Reading

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Ian Paul: theologian, author, speaker, academic consultant. Associate Senior Research Fellow, Kirby Laing Centre for Public Theology; Associate Minister, St Nic's, Nottingham; Managing Editor, Grove Books; member of General Synod and Archbishops' Council. Mac user; chocoholic. Tweets at @psephizo

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