St Mary’s Reawakened
By Barry Richardson
This week I visited St Mary’s several times — not as a blogger, but simply as a visitor…
Waking Up St Mary’s
By Stephen Bullamore (Director of Music)
“Challenge Anneka” was regular viewing in my teenage years. Anneka Rice was set a series of seemingly impossible challenges each week, building a play area, resurfacing a road, building a pool for orphaned seals and so forth.
Resurrection Preserved: Hilton’s Lazarus and St Mary’s Reawakening
By Barry Richardson
As with much of the Re‑Awakening, people have been given a once‑in‑a‑generation chance to see St Mary’s up close. This is an unexpected bonus with glimpses of corners long hidden from view.
Looking through the (Stained) Glass
By Barry Richardson
The title might suggest a third book to join Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass—but I am merely borrowing that allegory to explore the luminous world of stained glass at St Mary’s and look at some of the outcome of works undertaken.
A Whistle Stop Tour of Progress at St Mary’s
By Chrissie Van Mierlo & Anna Herbert
As we enter the final phase of our refurbishment, works are progressing at pace all across the site…
Reflections and Projections (and Squirrels)
By Barry Richardson
This week I visited St Mary’s to document the progress as the Re-Awakening building phase enters its final chapter. Scaffolding still cradles the West tower, but is largely gone elsewhere outside the church.
Re-Awakening from the Spire: What Nottinghamshire’s Tallest Church Teaches Us About Time
By Barry Richardson
On the way home from work today, I found myself staring at St Paul’s Cathedral — the ‘modern replacement’ for the one lost to the Great Fire of London. Once the tallest building in the city, it now sits quietly, dwarfed by the steel and glass of the City’s skyline and constrained within the neighbouring buildings.
The Inheritors of St Mary’s Reawakening
By Barry Richardson
This week, I stepped through the vestry door not to narrate, but to listen…
Harmonies and Reflections
By Barry Richardson
My latest fortnightly visit to St Mary Magdalene revealed a series of quiet surprises woven through the steady progress of Re-Awakening.
More Than Wood and Stone: Reimagining the Doors of St Mary’s Through Accessibility
By Barry Richardson
Not all doors are carved in oak or framed in stone. Some glow quietly on screens, others open in the heart. At St Mary’s, every door—visible or unseen—is being opened anew through the lens of accessibility…