The Spire The Spire The Spire is a 1964 novel by the English author William Golding. "A dark and powerful portrait of one man's will", it deals with the construction of the 404-foot high spire loosely based on Salisbury Cathedral; the vision of the fictional Dean Jocelin. In this novel, William Golding utilises stream of consciousness writing with an omniscient but increasingly fallible narrator. Jocelin, the Dean of the cathedral, directs the construction of a towering spire funded by his aunt, Lady Alison, a mistress of the former King. The project is carried on against the advice of many, and in particular
HMS Pincher (1910) HMS Pincher (1910) HMS "Pincher" was a coal-fired destroyer of the Royal Navy built by William Denny and Brothers and launched on 15 March 1910. "Pincher" spent the early part of the First World War in a local defence flotilla operating out of Portsmouth, but by June 1915 had joined the 5th Destroyer Flotilla in the Aegean Sea, operating with them until December 1917. In January 1918, she was moved to the 2nd Destroyer Flotilla, operating for a half year with the Northern Division of the Coast of Ireland Station. On 15 May 1918, "Pincher" was reassigned to the 4th