The fire in 1984 was a huge story in the UK. Not on the scale of Notre-Dame, but not far off. The subsequent restoration work and the artisans involved also received rightful attention.

It had a political aspect too: conservative church figures and politicians were quick to claim it as divine retribution for the consecration of David Jenkins - a politically outspoken critic of the Thatcher government - as Bishop of Durham. Quite why 'He' would have chosen to strike at York, rather than, erm, Durham, was never fully explained by these desperate idiots.