Officially cathedrals are nice but, alas, have become parochial in modern multicultural Britain.
Cathedrals across Europe were mainly for the Roman Church. Later in England, the Act of Supremacy in the reign of Henry VIII transferred cathedrals to the Church of England.
Today, as pews empty, maintenance suffers.
Northern cities highlight a modern city's need for a grand central city hall, preferably near a main railway station.
In the case of Brighton and Hove, it would be best located to align with a continuous Eurostar coastal railway from the Channel Tunnel to Cornwall.
Shoreham Airport could become Gatwick's second runway before all the South Coast backwater resort business goes north, leaving old-fashioned shabby resorts.
-John Stanaway, Lorna Road, Hove
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