JANE CLARE
Liverpool
As The Lion of Boaz-Jachin and
Jachin-Boaz was the first Hoban book I read, I decided that lions should
be central in my SA4QE drop. Having only just moved to Liverpool, however, I
set off with the yellow pages in my bag not knowing where to find any.
Bizarrely, a friend whom I met for lunch insisted that we battle through the
wind so he could show me something he thought I would like. I was led to this
enormous bronze lion head, one of an identical pair, mounted on two doors in
the commercial centre of Liverpool. I thought the reference to those who ‘run
the world’ was therefore fairly apt.
The second lion was found in a changing
cubicle in a clothing shop. Understandably, I didn’t remain concealed to watch
the reactions of other customers!
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The people who run the world now were children once. What went wrong? What is it that with such dismal regularity goes wrong? Why do perfectly good children become rotten grown-ups? |
from Pan Lives, The
Moment Under The Moment