So - drawing inspiration from this brilliant thread, and looking to #theology people out there - which *theologians* would you recommend for thinking about prose style? who would you suggest for examples of clear and also beautiful *writing*?

Today Hobnob learnt to pick apples…

@heritagequay.bsky.social ’s latest exhibition is a fascinating exploration of technical education in Huddersfield, which takes you on a deep dive through the social and cultural history of the town over the last 200 years. Be sure to visit if you are in town!! #huddersfield #HistoryOfEducation

All famines are man-made, all famines are political. Historians of empire and humanitarianism have known this forever. Gaza is not starving, Gaza is being starved, by Israel, and this starvation is enabled by our government and by every other government that does not step in to force food and aid.

Gazans 'wasting away' as mass starvation spreads, humanitarian groups, including @christianaiduk.bsky.social warn www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

📢Attention Cathedrals!📢 Lambeth is opening a new programme to offer free cathedrals visits from our expert collections care team, to advise on a range of preservation issues.📚 More details here: www.lambethpalacelibrary.info/cathedral-li... @englishcathedrals.co.uk

make me ready, Lord, for whatever

ICYMI our new exhibition, The Town That Taught Itself is now open! Visit Mon-Fri 9am-5pm to explore the rich history of the @huddersfielduni.bsky.social including the history of teacher training, music, art and much much more. Free entry and no need to book heritagequay.org/2025/05/the-...

It’s Mary Anning’s birthday, so time to share @katebeaton.bsky.social’s brilliant cartoon again.

World Central Kitchen has run out of food to serve in Gaza. Its bakery ("recently the last working bakery in Gaza") is out of flour. There are 100,000+ tons of food in staging areas within driving distance of Gaza, and Israel refuses to let them in wck.org/news/gaza-up...

The Minister who introduced the Gender Recognition Bill in the House of Lords in 2003 made it clear that "a transsexual person would have protection under the Sex Discrimination Act [the predecessor to the Equality Act] as a person of the acquired sex or gender." /1

There is more and more reason to be deeply deeply worried, from a constitutional not a trans rights perspective, about what the Supreme Court has just done. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

The fight for the rights and dignities of trans people is a fight against the thin edge of fascism. It's a hill we are willing to fight and die on. If you'd like to support us with a donation dedicated to trans rights, you can do so here. I am donating £1,000. goodlawproject.org/crowdfunder/...

We adore you, O Christ, and we bless you, because by your holy cross you have redeeemed the world.

Solidarity with the trans community after this grim Supreme Court decision. Fixation on biological markers of sex are disproven by Disabled bodies everyday - this decision will impact anyone with a body deemed outside of 'normal'. None of us are free until all of us are free! 🏳️‍⚧️

Despite the reassurances that ‘trans people are still protected under the equality act’ this ruling will enable people who just love calling trans women ‘men’ or trans people ‘delusional’. The level and scale of abuse is going to be amplified horrifically and with no consequences.

Only a *little* while since the end of the project, I'm delighted that the Board of Longitude book is available for order (publication date 17 April), and that it is a relatively modest £32 in paperback! #histsci www.cambridge.org/gb/universit...

This happened 8 days ago and is horrific www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

🚨 Outrage as 20 police officers break into Westminster Quaker Meeting House and arrest six. 🚨 This shocking violation of a place of worship is a direct result of crackdowns on protest and dissent - freedom of speech, assembly and democracy are at risk.🕊️ 👉 www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...

Fellow authors! The @societyofauthors.bsky.social has issued a statement about Meta’s theft of copyrighted books to train its AI. societyofauthors.org/2025/03/21/t...

The "Radical Forest" near Almondbury, now maintained by the Almondbury Bank Woodland Preservation Group. The name seems to pre-date the planting of the actual trees and is believed to have been a place where local Chartists and Radicals met in the early 1800s.

Spring dog!

Visiting old haunts and a few old maps at the National Maritime Museum. Here’s a sea cow on a globe made in 1541 #maps #globes #seamonsters

Candlemas bells at St Stephen’s Lindley

I simply think that people who actively despise the teachings of Christ and the message of the Gospel should feel infinitely free to seek out another religious/philosophical tradition

#crochet a nativity part 2: Gabriel

#crochet a nativity part one: Mary