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 ... | July 2015 - A new write-up of Bindon Gardens, as I've finally visited them for the first time in over twenty years. September 2015 - My book reviews have been migrated from Amazon, of which I no longer approve. Links from Wells Info and Gothic Books. October 2015 - The Gothic section has been reorganised with a bit more personal detail. January 2016 - the new Museums section is now complete. August 2016 - Accounts of Arundel and Blandford Museums added, and the St Catherine page updated and reorganised. October 2016 - Accounts of the museums at Richmond (Yorks), Hawes, and Pateley Bridge, and new St Catherine pictures. February 2017 - Account of The Novium, Chichester, added. April 2017 - Account of the Royal Cornwall Museum, Truro, and two more images of St Catherine, added. May 2017 - A review of Catherine Spooner's fine new book, Post-Millennial Gothic. October 2018 - An account of Yester, the only Gothic Garden I know about (yet) in Scotland. |