Canterbury's new tale

摘要

For over 500 years, Canterbury Cathedral's stately and majestic Bell Harry tower has lorded it over the town and surrounding countryside. Climbing 76 metres from the cathedral's crossing and corner-buttressed by sturdy octagonal towers, it masters the long nave then dissolves into the ether. Its closest rival, only half as high, is the stainless steel mesh-clad pinnacle of the Marlowe Theatre, named after the Canterbury-born playwright.