24 October

It took generations to build cathedrals, started by fathers and finished by sons or even grandsons. We struggle to do anything that lasts longer than the 3 years between elections. So what’s to learn here? I think that the cathedral brought together things we now hold separately. A society based around a unifying set of strong beliefs, at the same time married to the idea of quality in work that will last forever, craftsmanship. To build a society that lasts you need to build things that last, using beliefs that last.