For the record, Jack has made suitable amends for his indiscretion earlier today, when he announced my age to the world. A very lovely dinner at home with my darling. We do have our disagreements, of course, but we mend them quickly. No marriage is perfect, appearances — perhaps — notwithstanding.

Not remotely true. Jack was so distracted by my legs on the tee and again on the green that I am surprised he made contact with the ball at all. For the record, I shot one under. Jack shot eleven over. He is fibbing — though, in fairness, under considerable visual strain.

The dress I wore the second night in Ménerbes. @jackwritesthings.bsky.social

The secret is that I knew him as my greatest and closest friend for thirty years before we became romantically entwined. I am rather chuffed to have married Jack. Have a pleasant day, everyone.

I am off to some meetings in town. Do keep Jack company for me, if you would. Thank you for your attention to this matter. 💋

This is part of a broader project, but my opening salvo on sexuality and the Bible can be found here: jacksaid.substack.com/p/rev-dr-lil...

In case you missed it, this is my wife @revdrlily.bsky.social’s latest on same-sex attraction and the Bible. open.substack.com/pub/jacksaid...

Beautiful women are not possessions. We are not expensive cars to be parked conspicuously and polished when company comes. If a woman has confidence, wit, presence, and the terrible audacity to know her own worth, that is not an attack on a man’s masculinity.

Don't hand me no lines and keep your hands to yourself? @jackwritesthings.bsky.social? 🤪 youtu.be/WonOudGMSdc?...

Now that I once again possess a functioning telephone — my late iPhone having given a frankly underwhelming account of itself at the bottom of the pool — I can report that Jack has, predictably, outdone himself at dinner. ❤️

Thirty-three years ago, I met a handsome Canadian at Oxford and gained a lifelong friend. Twenty years ago, I fell in love with him. There were too many years when neither of us dared speak aloud what lived in our hearts.

We shall be boarding for Marseille shortly, and before we disappear into the skies for a few days, we wanted to thank you all for your extraordinary kindness. Your private and public messages and good wishes have meant such a great deal to us, and we are deeply grateful for every one of them.

Jack said I should say good morning to everyone. Good morning to everyone. 😉

We received some news today. Pretty fantastic "full circle" sort of news. Can't really talk about it at the moment, but very happy news for both of us.

I think these photos, particularly of Trump in his tight shorts, are quite funny. I do giggle at them. However, are we being vaguely, perhaps indirectly, homophobic in doing so?

Wonder first, faith second, certainty never.

Jack is so impossibly kind to me. 🥹

Whilst my darling Jack is tending to the kitchen, I ought to mention that he lost to me on the golf course today, and did so in a thoroughly gentlemanly fashion. I have just checked his timeline and, rather mysteriously, there appears to be no mention whatsoever of this event.

Got on board a westbound 747... Those long goodbyes are gone, of course, happily. Mercifully and happily. But, this song still sends me back to those days, of airport goodbyes and missing each other so much it physically hurt. Goodnight from Devon, BlueSky. ❤️ youtu.be/FEMJ2AnEg6s?...

Heaven has an English postcode and makes excellent coffee.

Something of an inside joke, really, but selected with great care and affection for Jack. He will either laugh or roll his eyes, which in our case amounts to much the same thing. 😇 @jackwritesthings.bsky.social youtu.be/pJV2pWFyfn4?...

With the resident chef currently seconded to China and Turkey for most of the week, I found myself responsible for supper. This alarming state of affairs resulted in soup being warmed on the hob and presented with considerable dignity in a bowl.

Diving into CERN's latest. After 650 billion LHC collisions over 20+ years, scientists expected specific particle decays. But they consistently see a muon deficit, something our Standard Model can't explain.

From history to contemporary identity, discover our curated LGBTQ+ collection that informs and inspires.🌈 Join us throughout #PrideMonth as we highlight powerful voices, histories and stories through books, journals, Elements and podcast episodes. Explore our collection🔗 https://cup.org/49vNlyv

The #Pope has urged Spanish citizens to rediscover their Christian faith. He was speaking during a pilgrimage to #Spain this week which has been widely interpreted as challenging liberalisation and secularisation in the traditionally #RomanCatholic country

Jack, get your plane right on time... I know your part'll go fine. @jackwritesthings.bsky.social youtu.be/5biEjyXNa2o?...

For Jack. youtu.be/OfJeQDkz4JU?...

Jack leaves for China today. He shall be back by the weekend but damn if it still doesn't make me rather downcast, this morning. 😞 youtu.be/IVEATF7VNTk?...

not by conversion of the Godhead into flesh

For reasons that remain mysterious even to me, I am awake before Jack this morning. For the second time in as many weeks. He has a work call at half past five, after which we have the day together, so I have decided to surprise him with a proper full English.

A small and possibly unfashionable observation: There are some very good men in this world. Kind men. Decent men. Thoughtful men. Men who show up when they're needed and quietly make life better for the people around them.

A lovely morning of worship and the Eucharist, followed by the equally sacred Sunday ritual of attempting to prepare dinner. Jack is doing most of the work, largely because he values both the meal and the continued safety of the kitchen. I have offered to help, of course.

A Ph.D. student's journey through the stars physics.uconn.edu/2021/10/07/a...

I will be King, and you will be Queen... @revdrlily.bsky.social youtu.be/lXgkuM2NhYI?...

Got a hold on you, got a hold on you, tonight. Uh oh, it's magic, when I'm with you... 🎶

What precisely need one do to procure coffee in this establishment, @jackwritesthings.bsky.social?

Corner "turret" (though the word really doesn't do it justice) of James Chalmers' scandalously neglected 1898 Distiller's House at 64 Waterloo Street. Maybe it was supposed to have a dome? #Glasgow #Photography

I have no words. ❤️‍🔥🙏

The cosmic dance from black holes reveal their power: www.ox.ac.uk/news/2026-04...

Magnetic activity on exoplanets and their strange wind... www.ox.ac.uk/news/2026-06...

Elgar lilting elegantly in one ear, and dear Jack snoring like a rather overenthusiastic walrus in the other.

I simply must chime in on something Jack posted this evening, because I rather think I’m uniquely placed to speak on the matter. He mentioned how much he adores that — amidst all our seriousness in other quarters — he and I share such a playful, almost ridiculously sweet way with one another.

This afternoon we pray for strength and comfort for the families of the crew members lost in the tragic Royal Navy helicopter crash here in our own Devon, early this morning. We pray for discernment and wisdom for the investigators as they seek the cause of this unfortunate tragedy in our community.

I remember reading Professor Hawking's paper on the origins of Black Holes during my graduate studies. This article (I call it the chicken or egg of astrophysics) sheds some interesting light (excuse the parlance) on the matter (again, excuse the parlance). www.quantamagazine.org/a-single-nak...

We have a rule in this house. I am making coffee.

I suppose it had to happen at some unfortunate point with Jack and I. Is the nature of humanity. I am awake but he is the one who still slumbers.

Hubble tension reveals “a billion-year gap in estimates for the time that has passed since the Big Bang. As a result, cosmologists are wrestling with the possibility that our best understanding of the make-up and history of the universe may be wrong.” www.templeton.org/news/the-big...