Nicholas Jones' Blog |
Wednesday, January 28, 2004
Liz:"Have you been on Campus today?"
Me:"No." Liz:"Well you haven't seen the Chaplaincy centre then" Me: Liz:"There was a fire in the Catholic Chapel last night. It's black all up the wall between the chapel and the sacristy, where the holocaust memorial candles were last night. The Last Supper sculpture was damaged." TV:"Lord Hutton has criticised the BBC as he cleared the government of embellishing its Iraq weapons dossier in his long-awaited report on the death of Dr David Kelly" Me:(Not quite grasping how serious this is)"I guess meditation won't be on." Liz:"They've closed the Chaplaincy centre totally." Me:"Well, we normally have it in the Catholic flat. Do you know if anyone has told Sr.Zela?" Liz:"No." Helen:"Christian Fellowship have moved tomorrows meeting to Furness Lecture theatre." TV: BBC coverage of Commons, Tony Blair demands apology from people who have made accusations over David Kelly etc. Oven:Begins to burn food round the edges TV: Michael Howard claims that part of the problem is that the BBCs' governors can't both run and regulate the BBC. Me: Gets food out of oven, eat it. Me: Leave the living room, go to my room to Watch video of Ix by Moppi. Me: Put books in bag, leave for campus. Helen: "see ya" Me:"see ya" Liz:"byee..." Me:"byee..." The pavement was slightly slippery with slush as the sun had come out and begun to melt the snow. When I began walking down the hill to the bus stop, I walked down the middle of the road because it was not slippery as it had been gritted. If I'd fallen on the pavement it would have taken me several yards to stop on that hill. When I got to campus the sky was blue, with barely a single cloud in the sky. You couldn't see damage to the Chapel as you came up the road. I walked straight to the Chaplaincy centre, where Phil Younger and Laura Barber were near the entrance. I assumed they were there for liturgy planning which clearly wasn't happening. Phil was putting up a poster telling Prayer meeting would be in Lonsdale foyer. I peered through the window behind them, but I couldn't make out very much. I decided I didn't want to look any closer. Laura:"Are you okay?" Me: hesitates Me:"Yes." Laura leaves to go to the library. Me(to Phil):"Does anyone have any idea how long it will be closed for?" Phil:"Certainly for the rest of today. I think they will just try and keep things going, try and find other venues for things." Me:"Do you know if anyone has told Sr.Zela?" Phil:"I don't know, that is the sort of thing that might get forgotten at a time like this." Me:"See you later." I go to the library to copy a CD. It seems like a very dark day to me, when both the Chaplaincy centre and the BBC, two things I care deeply about seem to be under threat.
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