In May 2023, I visited Bristol Cathedral. I have been there many times before as I lived in Bristol and went to school there in the 1980s and early 1990s, but this time, I was visiting with a new perspective, as research for my book on Gothic Cathedrals.
It was a rainy and unseasonably cold day, but the wild flowers were in bloom in the meadow outside. This area was once an ancient meadow and burial ground, and now College Green is a wide open green space used by the community for events, protests, and enjoying the sun — when it arrives!