Where would you go?
Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume, a village not far from Aix-en-Provence. Its basilica is dedicated to Mary Magdalene and under the crypt there is a glass dome said to contain the relic of her skull. I should love to return to Aix-en-Provence, a very civilised small city. I went once and I have been trying to get back ever since. But I will pay my dues to the shrine. I have a devotion to Mary Magdalene: she is one of the startlingly radical aspects of the gospels, being among the first witnesses to the empty tomb. At the time women were regarded as worthless.
