England's Cathedrals by Simon Jenkins food The right words are oxygen

The right words are oxygen to our ideas

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she at once arranged for him to become an electrician’s mate

his prose is a “motorway pile-up” of “dangling participles”

England's Cathedrals by Simon Jenkins food The right words are oxygenEngland's cathedrals are the nation's glory. They tower over its landscape, outranking palaces, castles and mansions. They attract roughly half the nation's population each year. For a millennium they have been objects of pilgrimage for those seeking faith, consolation and beauty. Still at the start of the twenty first century, they remain unequalled in their size and splendour. More than any other English institution, cathedrals reflect the