Having been highly critical of the apparent sloth of the British Museum in dealing with its thefts, I am delighted that they have recruited Mark Jones as its interim director, having nothing but admiration for his stewardship of the V&A – the development of its galleries, its excellent exhibitions programme, and his ability to balance tough management with scholarship, all of which skills he will need in such a demanding, even if only temporary, role.

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2023/sep/02/sir-mark-jones-put-forward-as-interim-director-of-british-museum

This is the church with the gravestone commemorating Maurice Wilks who was ‘responsible for the world’s first gas turbine driven car’, as well as developing the Land Rover, unrecorded on his tomb. A very peaceful churchyard down a lane north of Dwyran:-

Many is the time we’ve driven past this handsome, part-Romanesque church which was open today.

This is how it was pre-restoration in 1928:-

A good roof:-

Its font:-

And a decorative memorial:-

We went to Port Penrhyn to buy fish – it’s the small harbour between Bangor and Penrhyn Castle, laid out by Benjamin Wyatt in 1790 and used for the transport of slate, still a small working harbour:-