Comments on: Exeter and a conference http://airminded.org/2009/10/14/exeter-and-a-conference/ Airpower and British society, 1908-1941 Sat, 20 Mar 2010 15:05:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Brett Holman http://airminded.org/2009/10/14/exeter-and-a-conference/comment-page-1/#comment-116174 Brett Holman Sat, 17 Oct 2009 04:19:16 +0000 http://airminded.org/?p=2635#comment-116174 Simon: Are you by any chance the Simon Bradshaw who is thanked in the acknowledgments of <em>The Jennifer Morgue</em>? Erik: Groan ... Simon:

Are you by any chance the Simon Bradshaw who is thanked in the acknowledgments of The Jennifer Morgue?

Erik:

Groan …

]]> By: Erik Lund http://airminded.org/2009/10/14/exeter-and-a-conference/comment-page-1/#comment-115921 Erik Lund Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:23:56 +0000 http://airminded.org/?p=2635#comment-115921 There's a boss in Exeter cathedral? Is it a spawning site? Was it Richard Overy? I'm so with it.... The photographs are enormously reminiscent of University of British Columbia's main library. (Or, rather, the bit in the middle that's been preserved on account of being historic. The less said of which the better.) I wonder if there's a chain of inspiration? There’s a boss in Exeter cathedral? Is it a spawning site? Was it Richard Overy?
I’m so with it….
The photographs are enormously reminiscent of University of British Columbia’s main library. (Or, rather, the bit in the middle that’s been preserved on account of being historic. The less said of which the better.) I wonder if there’s a chain of inspiration?

]]> By: Jonathan Dresner http://airminded.org/2009/10/14/exeter-and-a-conference/comment-page-1/#comment-115889 Jonathan Dresner Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:08:37 +0000 http://airminded.org/?p=2635#comment-115889 The Exeter interiors are stunning: that boss shot is beautiful. The Exeter interiors are stunning: that boss shot is beautiful.

]]> By: Simon Bradshaw http://airminded.org/2009/10/14/exeter-and-a-conference/comment-page-1/#comment-115887 Simon Bradshaw Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:03:12 +0000 http://airminded.org/?p=2635#comment-115887 Fantastic photos - thanks for sharing them. Fantastic photos – thanks for sharing them.

]]> By: Brett Holman http://airminded.org/2009/10/14/exeter-and-a-conference/comment-page-1/#comment-115885 Brett Holman Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:53:42 +0000 http://airminded.org/?p=2635#comment-115885 Argh. In between, actually -- Civil War. Argh. In between, actually — Civil War.

]]> By: Alan Allport http://airminded.org/2009/10/14/exeter-and-a-conference/comment-page-1/#comment-115882 Alan Allport Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:46:26 +0000 http://airminded.org/?p=2635#comment-115882 <i>Exeter’s extensive city walls, which are layered: Roman on the bottom, Jacobite on the top ...</i> Jacobean, shurely! Exeter’s extensive city walls, which are layered: Roman on the bottom, Jacobite on the top …

Jacobean, shurely!

]]> By: Alan Allport http://airminded.org/2009/10/14/exeter-and-a-conference/comment-page-1/#comment-115880 Alan Allport Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:41:50 +0000 http://airminded.org/?p=2635#comment-115880 That cadaverous memorial in Exeter Cathedral looks like a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadaver_tomb" rel="nofollow">transi tomb</a>, very popular in the period immediately after the Black Death. That cadaverous memorial in Exeter Cathedral looks like a transi tomb, very popular in the period immediately after the Black Death.

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