Sunday 19th July 2026 St Edmund's Church, @thechurchofengland.bsky.social #DownhamMarket, Norfolk, UK. PE38 9LE. 10.30am Parish Mass —all welcome This Sunday, Asterix is making an appearance in the sermon, to explain Jesus' parable of the wheat and the weeds.

@vincentdubois.bsky.social is Titular Organist of Notre Dame de Paris (1 of 3). Last wk fulfilled a long held ambition: of hearing him play, at Norwich Cathedral. His technique is amazing. Utterly still, his fingers barely stroking the keys. He began with this, my fave JSBach organ work, BWV 543

www.instagram.com/thesecretsuf... A wonderful Instagram account on the Suffolk voice. Recommended for anyone who is interested in how Suffolkers actually speak, rather than the usual poor West Country burrrr.

A tour de force by Crossy! 🫳🎤 www.facebook.com/share/r/1Dpd...

"My wife's gone to the WI ..." being my fave joke, I love this! Thank you @mooseallain.bsky.social

@goatteeboy.bsky.social @rfcider.eurosky.social Long time no beer. So the local brew is welcome, chilled as recommended, a mere 6% abv, so probs just as well we’re at our gaff!

Wes Streeting prepares to challenge Starmer for leadership.

It's only 2 minutes long but this explains why Trump can do what he is doing. The root cause.

Name your top 15 TV shows, no overthinking Yes (Prime) Minister Blue Peter Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy Old Grey Whistle Test Father Ted Civilisation Grand Designs Northern Exposure Parks & Recreation The Good Life The Young Ones Dad’s Army InspectorMorse The Thin Blue Line Brideshead Revisited

The guy who made a career laughing at religious people as talking to their imaginary friends just found his imaginary friend.

Also spräch @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social 💐

Don’t cry for me MAGA nation The truth is, I never liked you All through my mad days My sad existence My face was tan-ish My words were Klannish

OTD 25 April 1926 saw the world premier of -I think- my fave opera, and Puccini’s last, #Turandot, at LaScala, Milan. Puccini died in 1924 with the last act incomplete. It was completed by Franco Alfano. To mark the occasion, here are Corelli (Calaf) and Freni (Liu) 💔 youtu.be/KfD5fwVJ9Lg?...

It is a profound irony when the nation under attack feels more empathy for the attacker's citizens than the attacking government itself.

@guywalters.bsky.social An important WWII British film "lost for 50 years". At under 1-hr, "The New Lot" could almost be a 'Mike Leigh' improve workshop for "The Way Ahead" —many of the same themes, same faces, same writer (Peter Ustinov) same director (Carol Reed). youtu.be/5NscDZbHbzs?...

If evangelicals think Pope Leo is too”woke” just wait until they hear about this fellow called Jesus.

#WelshGuards #GuardsArmouredDivision liberating Germany #OTD 1945.

As much as I lament the apparent passing of #GentlemansRelish, the Torygraph’s goto faux toff fogey commentator, Jacob Rees Mogg, is being performative even in this grave matter. #BathOlivers were fully discontinued in 2025 (sadly). www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/1654eb1...

Deannnnooooo 😉 H

The Butt and Oyster at Pin Mill. Very close to Alma Cottage where the Walker Family (Swallows) stayed before 'We Didn't Mean to Go to Sea' and 'Secret Water'.

The #PaschalTriduum -the feasts of the Easter Festival begin this evening, Maundy Thursday (Holy Thursday) #MassOfTheLordsSupper and the #WatchOfThePassion, for us #Gethsemane. Our Paschal Triduum is led by +Luke, #BishopOfRichborough. @thechurchofengland @thedioceseofely

Yes, it is possible for wealthy people to think beyond the end of their nose. British billionaire to donate £190m to Cambridge University. Rokos lives in Britain and pays his UK Tax without trying to evade it. There’s a lesson here about society and responsibility. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Evidence. [amazingly] Donald Trump tells the truth. Extrapolation: enough chimps with enough typewriters and enough time might actually be able to produce the works of Shakespeare after all…

Update from the land of the free:

It’s #HolyWeek, therefore my computer has died.

It’s #HolyWeek, therefore my computer has died.

#Trump #MilitaryStrategy #Lesson101 Always give the enemy as much advance notice as possible of your intended next move. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c8...

“Heavily damaged”, @bbcnews-uk-rss.bsky.social ? It’ll buff out. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I'm updating the famous Chinese curse "May you live in interesting times" to "May you live in incompetent times" to be more relevant to those of us living in the United States right now.

A reminder to all my friends across the UK that British Summertime starts tonight at 1am so don’t forget to put your clocks forward an hour and get your snow shovels ready!

Even humans with brains only *months* more developed than Donald's know he is an imbecile and a danger to our country. #NoKings

@whitehouse-47.bsky.social There’s a certain irony in Mussolini’s Orange apprentice taunting HM’s Fleet as being “bath toys”. Has the anally incontinent POTUS been aboard Merca’s $13bn flagship carrier USS Gerald R Ford? —it’s had a laundry room fire, crew sleeping on the floor, & *CLOGGED WCs* 💩

What's Opera Doc?!

Has the world ever known anyone as personally insecure as #Trump* (*the omission of a ? is intended.) Thank you for drawing this story to our attention, @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social

Donald's pronouns are me & MEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!

HOLY WEEK and EASTER 2026 at ST. EDMUND’S CHURCH • DOWNHAM MARKET • PE38 9LE You’re all warmly invited 🤗 come and hear Bishop Luke!

Rehearsing for his first blessings

You know it, @alldolledup44.bsky.social

Happy 91st birthday to legendary bassist #CaroleKaye, member of the ‘Wrecking Crew’ session musicians. Choosing to iIllustrate with Glen Campbell’s “Wichita Lineman”. If you know, you know. youtu.be/Q8P_xTBpAcY?...

They sit on a throne of lies.

Just found this, worth 1/2 hour of anyone’s time. 1976, the first 🏉 5Nations to really impact my consciousness. Can it really be 50 years since Wales’ Grand Slam! youtu.be/yP0vpGobpAQ?si

#USA There he goes again. #Trump. Despite the warnings, YOU elected him as #POTUS #NATO is a DEFENCE (defense) pact that does not provide for initiating warfare, or outside territorial parameters –requirements put into the Treaty BY the USA. Trump's latest toddler outburst demonstrates a few things:

1/5th OF A TRILLION DOLLARS is an awful lot of money for a “non-war” that Donald Trump claims we’ve already won.

#StraitsOfHormuz Whatever the jibes and threats of the infantile and deranged President of the #USA, it is essential that #UK and #EU stay out of this sh1t. 1. OTOH, Trump says his illegal war of aggression is all but over. 2. OTO, demands our assistance with jibes and threats. /2

#Oscar for Norfolk! Congratulations to #Norfolk’s #JessieBuckley on being awarded the Oscar in the category of Best Actress in a Leading Role, for her performance as Mrs Shakespeare in Hamnet. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c6...

Where is #Netanyahu?

The majestic Tubbs 🐯 It’s hardly as if he doesn’t have his own personal drinking fountain or anything 🙄 (No sound; he was too quiet. So cute) #cat

#USA #POTUS #HailToTheChief. "If someone else [State of Israel implied] attacked Iran, we thought they might blame us, so we attacked them first" is not a legitimate reason for war in International Law. The #IranWar is illegal. #Trump and his cabal have a case to answer.