Never mind Timbuktu, austerity’s out of the stained glass window for Notre Dame
The Rosette of Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral in Paris on April 22, 2019, is covered with protective material, seven days after a fire devastated the cathedral. PHOTO | AFP
You would not believe it, but even I was touched. Footage of the burning Notre Dame de Paris (Our Lady of Paris) elicited shock and disbelief in people such as me who, not being French nor Catholic, could be said to have nothing at all to do with whatever loss arose from that inferno, save if one were interested in the speculative forensics of whodunit.
Yes, I was moved, I am ashamed to admit, because I know a little about that ancient building, having visited it a couple of times, and also having read about it in a number of books and documents.
