Winn Gardens #Sheffield 1965

The Cutteslowe Walls, Oxford. Built in 1934, over 2 metres high, topped with lethal spikes - "a monument to 20th century snobbery."
www.bbc.co.uk/oxford/conte...

“Time is not linear but circular. Time does not run in years but in seasons. The year consists of eight parts marked by the solstices, equinoxes and cross quarter days. The eight-fold division of the year is a revolving circle. The linear conception is a nonsensical Roman lie."

Crookes Road #Sheffield 19.04.26 19.04.25 28.04.23 22.04.22
Evidence suggests that I did not walk this way in April 2024, which I find surprising. It also suggests that time is cyclical, not linear.

06 The Opened and Sealed A Rite of Mystical Communion YouTube video by Cross of Light Temple

The Mouth is the Womb of the Word.
youtu.be/iNLW4iSdwA4

St. Vincent's Church, Pickmere Road, Crookes #Sheffield 04.04.26
Almost like being in Ireland...
Imagine how strange Christian iconography would seem were it not embedded in culture.
Patrick McGoohan learned his trade at the St. Vincent's Dramatic Society when it used to operate from Solly Street.

Bole Hills, Stannington, Loxley and Rivelin Valleys from Woodfield Road #Sheffield 29.03.26

Adamfield House, Brightmore Drive, Netherthorpe #Sheffield 28.03.26
Built in 1962. Refurbished 1998.
Excellent views from the upper floors, similar in many respects to the views from the nearby Arts Tower (namely, the Isle of Man in one direction and Norway in the other).

O frondens virga (Arr. für Violoncello solo) YouTube video by Christina Meißner - Topic

youtu.be/p7DfD30eL9Y?...

#Sheffield City Hall 13/03/26.
According to Copilot: 'Sheffield City Hall does not have a modern glass extension to its side' and this looks more like 'A mid-sized American city hall', 'A Canadian municipal building' or 'An Australian civic centre.'

The beginning and end of the path between Marlborough Road, just off Northumberland Road, and Crookesmoor Road #Sheffield 05.04.26

Hallamshire Hotel, West Street #Sheffield 28.03.26
The upstairs room used to be a good venue a long time ago. I see it's been reopened as a music venue but I don't know what it's like now.
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/the-hallamsh...

it does. I hadn't consciously noted that before you mentioned it.

Crookes Road #Sheffield 05.04.26
Postboxes remain commonplace for now but they're on their way out.
England will be postbox free by 2053.

I've heard that these two cats are sisters. I've seen them grow from kittenhood in passing. I think that one of them could be deaf, on the grounds that she does not respond to whistling. Here's a photo from 21 July 2021.

St. Thomas Crookes #Sheffield 17.03.26
A reincarnated Tantric yogi or Buddhist monk practising maraṇasati? Gone, gone, gone beyond, gone altogether beyond, when I sprawl after jumping thoughtlessly like an eejit, I make like it’s no big deal & lick my paw sardonically, O what an awakening, all hail!

05 Decoding the Cross of Light Six Part Rite YouTube video by Cross of Light Temple

What's the difference between light and light beyond light?
youtu.be/1Ze2EmWFLH8?...

Looking over the Ponderosa from Crookesmoor Road towards the Martin Street tower blocks #Sheffield 28.03.26.

Salvation Army Citadel, Cross Burgess Street #Sheffield 13.03.26.
What determines whether a building of character and distinction is left to go to rack and ruin or repurposed as a gateway to an empty house of fun?

The Ponderosa #Sheffield 28.03.26.
I like the fact that there is an open space in Sheffield called The Ponderosa, that the name is said to have emerged from the children who once played there, and that many people have followed them to whom the name would mean nothing without it being explained.

Junction of Brunswick Street and Holberry Close #Sheffield 04.04.26.

University of #Sheffield Arts Tower
5 March 2026

Hartshead Square #Sheffield 28.03.26.
Domain of the Satanic Maximus Health Assessment Advisory Service, oppressors of the poor.
Down with wicked oppressors!
Minimise Maximus!

#Sheffield Town Hall, 28.03.26.
The Northern town halls are far out fab and groovy, following the same basic template, competing each with the other in the realm of fantasies of civic pride.

04 The Cross of Light Temple Paradox YouTube video by Cross of Light Temple

“Reality doesn’t just disappear because you don’t like the rules.”
youtu.be/7QzTLREDnlo

Hartshead Square NCP Car Park #Sheffield 28.03.26
It appears that most of the grand buildings in #Sheffield turn out to be car parks.
Also:
Tired of standard puzzles?
How many TOPY-style Psychick Crosses can you make out in the image of the building that stands before you?
Fun for all the famille!

Gateway to the Underworld, otherwise known as the subway at the junction of Norfolk Street and Arundel Gate #Sheffield 28.03.26.

The former police box by #Sheffield Town Hall, 28.03.26.
One for all you Doctor Who freaks out there. I don't knowingly know any Doctor Who freaks myself, as I'm an adult (whatever that might be) and don't generally engage in childish pastimes, like watching Doctor Who and riding skateboards.

Pier Paolo Pasolini Speaks YouTube video by CRITERION

And a nice little word from the film maker...
youtu.be/5IA1bS1MRzw?...

The Gospel According to St Matthew (1964) - Pasolini YouTube video by Cine School

A fabulous film. Perhaps the best religious film ever made, even better than 'Ordet' and 'The Exorcist'.
Whatever you do, avoid the version with the dubbed American English soundtrack.
youtu.be/Ewzr-ioQ_9k?...