Heaven, reported St John in Revelation, was a cubical city 12,000 furlongs high made of ‘pure gold, like unto clear glass’. That was 1,900 years ago, and heaven today has changed out of all recognition, as Howard Baker is about to discover when he crosses the Highgate Road against a red light…
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