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Neil Oliver: News, Comment, History

32. Durham Cathedral

Neil Oliver: News, Comment, History

Fat Belly Films

News, Neil Oliver, History, Comment

4.7 β€’ 1K Ratings

πŸ—“οΈ 29 December 2020

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

This week Neil travels back in time, almost 1000 years, to what became the city of Durham and the construction of a majestic building whose beauty and power have resonated down through the centuries ever since – Durham cathedral.


Our ancestors have always been driven by the need to build. In the years following the turn of the first millennium a great wave of energy ran across Europe and through the British Isles. In 1093 the Normans started building a cathedral whose towering pillars, cavernous interiors and powerful presence make it truly feel like a mountain raised by humans.


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doff your cap. In this podcast we're stepping into a mighty building and its beauty has

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resonated down through the centuries. Our ancestors always felt the need to build. From ancient tombs, powerful stone circles, to monumental constructions like

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Silbury Hill. With the turning of the first millennium, a wave of energy

1:40.2

ran through the British Isles. During this burst of drive, passion and creation

1:46.4

an astonishing building was begun. Towering pillars, cavernous interiors,

1:51.6

grandeur and size,

1:54.0

a building that gives a snapshot of the energy and dynamism

1:57.0

that drove our ancestors.

2:02.0

I'm stepping out across Britain to discover 100 remarkable places that have shaped

2:07.2

you, me and the whole world. I'm Neil Oliver and this is my love letter to the British Isles. Hi Neil, in last week's gruesome episode, we were in the midst of a brutal battle,

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a bloodbath that effectively sliced the Long Island into North and South forever.

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Is it more gore today?

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