Childhood is measured out by sounds and smells and sights, before the dark hour of reason grows.

Hymns are the poetry of the people.

There are two thing you need for a jolly good hymn.The first is a set of words that expresses the mood or sentiment of the worshipper.The second-and perhaps even more important- is a good tune..with a simple popular melody.

Topography is one of my chief themes in my poetry, about the country, the suburbs and the seaside. Then there comes love... and increasingly; the fear of death.

Childhood is measured out by sounds and smells and sights, before the dark hour of reason grows.

Now if the harvest is over, And the world cold, Give me the bonus of laughter, As I lose hold.

Lovers of Norfolk churches can never agree which is the best and I think one is either a Salle or a Cawston man.