altar

Images from Carpenter's video show a crucifix with profanity printed on it and also Carpenter dancing on the altar in a short black dress.

Remnants of that history include the altar of a church built for service members made out of rocks from the desert, she said.

Dozens of school groups are listening attentively to guides about their city’s colourful history while a queue forms around the altar to make a wish.

It becomes a kind of altar as well as a monument, as Whitehall temporarily becomes a mixture of a church, military parade ground and national shrine.

This was Rivers unplugged, foul-mouthed in a way that made me feel like a squeamish altar boy.