Deo dante dedi
I first went into Charterhouse Chapel as a young boy to hear my eldest brother singing Fauré’s Requiem. My father, an Old Carthusian, was with
Nick
30th September 2016
I first went into Charterhouse Chapel as a young boy to hear my eldest brother singing Fauré’s Requiem. My father, an Old Carthusian, was with
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Not ones to shy away from controversy, in this post we’re looking at ‘Stand up, stand up for Jesus’ by George Duffield (1818-88) to the
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