The billionaires’ donations will turn Notre Dame into a monument to hypocrisy – Guardian April 19, 2019 by Fulcrum In 2017, a welter of stories appeared in the international press pointing out the brokenness of Paris’s Notre- Dame Cathedral officials showed journalists how patches of limestone would crumble at a finger’s touch. Gargoyles that had lost their heads were patched up with plastic pipes, while fallen balustrades were replaced with wooden planks. All this decay was caused by pollution, acid rain and eight centuries of use – but also official neglect was to blame. Keepers of the building had begged for more money, but neither the belt-tightening French government nor the wealthy grumbling about higher taxes gave enough. Then came Holy Week 2019...... Aditya Chakrabortty. Guardian. 18 April 2019 FulcrumShareTweetShare
