Quote Originally Posted by sheffield hatter View Post
Spem in Alium is a choral work by Thomas Tallis. Apparently the phrase in Latin means "hope in any other", or perhaps "there must be a decent pub *somewhere* in this godforsaken hole". (If you read the review that I posted after my visit in 2019, you'll see that my - slightly different but no less fervent - hope was also fulfilled in the Thomas Tallis in Canterbury. Maybe there's something in this religion lark after all.)
You certainly know your onions!