Hymns are the poetry of the people.

Hymn tunes are the nearest we've got to English folk music.

People's backyards are much more interesting than their front gardens, and houses that back on to railways are public benefactors.

And now, dear Lord, I cannot wait Because I have a luncheon date.

Ludlow....is probably the loveliest town in England with its hill of Georgian houses ascending from the river Teme to the great tower of the cross-shaped church, rising behind a classic market building.

On out deathbeds we're not going to regret all the work we didn't do. We're going to regret all the sex we didn't have!

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