Instead this site is devoted to a few of my arcane interests, as listed below. Welcome!
'Weeping Cross' is a term from English folklore. It can mean either a wayside cross which has lost one of its arms, or one where funeral processions halted
on their way from outlying country districts towards the parish church. I can't remember why I selected it for my online identity, but I still like it enough to keep it.
Despite the confusion with the town in Staffordshire.
I hope you find something to interest you here. Do contact me if you have any questions.
 | I've written quite a bit about holy wells in Britain, those enigmatic sacred watery sites in the landscape. You can find out more about them here. |
 | Some would argue that Goths are really born, not made. I've certainly always had a strange fascination for pointy arches and debatable things, and seem to have gathered friends who do, too. You can also find out about Gothic Gardens here. |
 | Somewhat incongruously I'm also a Christian and since 2005 have even made a living out of it. Well, sort of. Arguably clergy don't really work and don't really get paid ... |
 | I come from Dorset, and like Art Deco architecture. There's quite a bit round Bournemouth and Poole, and here are some of my favourite buildings. |
 | My politics is really more Distributist these days, but many, many years ago I was President of the Oxford University Liberal Democrats. Here are some archived bits about the Club's history that you won't find elsewhere. |
 | What could be more agreeable to someone fascinated by the past than a career in the wonderful and odd world of museums. That was my profession for 12 years or so, and here you can find some of the museums I've encountered. |
 | She's simply the Queen. And not just of Dorset, either. |
 | Various items I've written, and that you may like to consider buying ... |
| What's New ... | October 2018 - An account of Yester, the only Gothic Garden I know about (yet) in Scotland. October 2019 - The Ten Top Holy Wells have been revised, and a page about PJ Harvey's score for All About Eve added, as well as reviews of two new books on Goth which have been published over the last couple of years, Isabella van Elferen & Jeffrey Weinstock's Goth Music and the Spracklens' The Evolution of Goth Culture. Finally, a whole set of museum accounts: Banbury, Belford, Carshalton, Chertsey, Coldstream, Leamington Spa, and Warwick. February 2020 - My new book, Holy Wells of Dorset, added to the Sales page. |