@cathamclarke.bsky.social Not sure if you've seen this yet - there's a lovely review of your book in this week's Church Times:

What a privilege to broadcast Choral Evensong on @bbcradio3bot.bsky.social today!🎙️✨ We marked the 150th anniversary of the birth of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor by placing his music alongside that of his teacher, Stanford, and his great friend and champion, Elgar.

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I feel you, ancient Mongolian ceramic hedgehog. I feel you.

Apparently, Pablo Picasso was *also* an England cricket player - or am I the only person seeing Alastair Cook here?

Church urges the Government to retain Listed Places of Worship Grant ahead of the #budget2025 this week. Please share this post, thanks folks. https://englishcathedrals.co.uk/latest-news/listed-places-of-worship-grant/#budget2025

You *have* to see this in context - it's a thing of beauty.

King’s College London Choir will be featured on BBC Radio 3 next Wednesday at 3pm for a live broadcast of Evensong, including music by Coleridge-Taylor and Stanford. Available to listen to live or thereafter: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m... #Evensong #BBCRadio3 #KCLChoir #ChoralMusic #LondonChoirs

Third time lucky? #WALvNZ

Would you like to go on retreat, but are worried about the cost? Our Bursary Fund has helped dozens of people this year. Find out more, or donate to the Fund, on promotingretreats.org/bursary #retreat #bursary

In a similar vein, the other day I saw a poster advertising "The Last Days of Pompeii: The Immersive Exhibition". Could be a life-changing experience, I guess ...

A former colleague of mine used to reckon that both Total Depravity and Irresistible Grace would be good drag names. (He had an interesting journey across Christian denominations, although Calvinism wasn't one of them!) [image is of a room with a whiteboard with 'total depravity' written on it]

The Bench of Bishops has released a pastoral letter regarding the future of ceremonies for same-sex couples in the CinW. Mae Mainc yr Esgobion wedi cyhoeddi llythyr bugeiliol ynghylch dyfodol seremonïau ar gyfer cyplau o'r un rhyw yn yr Eglwys yng Nghymru. www.churchinwales.org.uk/en/news-and-...

Quick cartoon. I was hoping to stay unplugged this week but I saw some news and had to take a break to draw this out. I think we all needed to see it realized.

It's not so much we can't see our own feet without tripping over them, more we can't see our own feet without shooting ourselves in them ... #WALvJPN

Oh this is going to be confusing; as a Cardiff girl, when I'm not supporting the team in red, I'm usually supporting the team in blue and black ... #WALvJPN

The concert at Lambeth Palace last month was stunning - this will be well worth a listen.

This timeline cleanse brought to you by a beer can race at a hockey game. 🏒 🍺

It was wonderful to be at Holy Cross Motspur Park in September as they celebrated a combined 90 years of ministry from their Readers, including a half-century by Ken Dovey: @southwark.anglican.org

A very happy Blowing Up A Dead Whale Isn't Necessarily A Great Idea Day to all who celebrate ...

The medieval scholar Michael G Sargent; I have photos of him dressing up with a helmet, shield and sword at a Viking heritage centre in Minnesota, and he was having a wonderful time! (Not posting the photos as there are other people in them and it was 14 years ago so I can't remember who they are.)

So far this year, our Bursary Fund has helped 71 people to go on retreat. Would you like time to pray, but need help to finance your time away? We can help! Find out more on promotingretreats.org/bursary #prayer #retreat #bursary

Prepare for Christmas with an Advent retreat or quiet day. There are dozens (across the UK and online) listed in our calendar. Visit promotingretreats.org to find out more #prayer #retreat

Prepare for Christmas with an Advent retreat or quiet day. There are dozens listed in our online calendar. Visit promotingretreats.org to find out more #Advent #retreat #quietday #Christmas

Really not the point of the Guardian piece on Joe Marler, but my estimation of Adam Jones (which was already fairly high) has just gone up:

The next online oasis retreat day will be on Tuesday 11 Nov. Book your place now, or find out more, by emailing [email protected] #retreat #grief

I think I may be spending Too Much Time Online: I've just seen a large cat trotting through my parents' garden, and the words "ooh, chonky boi" came out of my mouth ...

Here's a #HigherEducationPostcard of @royalholloway.bsky.social Founded in 1879 by Thomas Holloway, who had made his fortune selling patent medicines, it was one of @londonu.bsky.social's colleges for women If you like this image, please retweet it - remember, BlueSky has #NoAlgorithm

Good morning etymological skylarks. When you host a party do you (a) give it, (b) hold it, (c) throw it or (d) lay it on?

It's the small things which make a big difference:

The situation in Nicaragua doesn't often make headlines, but when it does, it feels like things just keep getting worse:

A Pastoral Letter on LLF (Living in Love and Faith) and the Inclusion of LGBTQIA+ people in the Church of England from The Provincial Council of the Society of Catholic Priests (SCP) Europe. www.societyofcatholicpriests.com/scp-news/liv...

Looking for some pre-Advent retreat time, but can't get out? Join our online retreat with APR Chair Cameron Butland from 14-15 Nov. Download more info from the promotingretreats.org online calendar #retreat

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Timeline cleanse:

This is definitely worth a read. And for what it's worth, I'm really enjoying Finn as a commentator on TMS for the Women's World Cup; he obviously enjoys it, and he sounds like a natural.

"Tzefardea Tzedek" (Frog of Righteousness) As soon as the Portland Frog became a meme, Jewish social media blew up with jokes about the 2nd Passover plague - tzefarde'a (frogs) - and the Rabbinical commentary around it. I knew I had to make a calligraphy piece encompassing all of it. (more in alt.)

'Going on retreat is more than just getting away from it all. It is getting away TO something: to, if you like, the heart of things, the reality behind all the rush of living' (APR archive 1966). Where will you go? promotingretreats.org #prayer #retreat #stillness

I just snort-laughed at this - good thing there's no-one else in the office! (The photo is of King Charles in a blue suit with a black tie, Pope Leo in a white cassock, cotta and red mozzetta, and Queen Camilla in a black dress and black veil.)

I've also signed - do please consider this if you are in a position to do so.

Our Lord did not become a man and die and rise again so this country could have a “coherent cultural identity” and I am also not at all convinced that God created human beings in all their diversity in order to sort themselves out into homogenous lumps.

Happy World Wombat Day! Sound on to listen to the very soothing munching noises of this chonky wombat...

Not the point, but is anyone else seeing a Christingle in the object being handed over?

I just love the Welsh propensity for either deep pessimism or unwarranted optimism: at the time of writing, the poll on the BBC Sport website asking how many of the four men's rugby union Tests we might win this autumn demonstrates both positions: (1/2)

PHOTO OF THE DAY: A mine rescue worker silently contemplates the Aberfan Disaster (1966). 📷 Getty images

Ned's Atomic Dustbin (formed 1987) took their name from an episode of The Goon Show (broadcast 1959). So we are now further away from the band getting together (38 years) than they were from the inspiration for the name when they got together (28 years). I really need to go to bed ...

There are basically only two positions in the debate about Al 1. You can be my bodyguard 2. I can be your long lost pal

We are thrilled to announce the release of Kristina Arakelyan’s newest album - A Christmas Offering 🎶 Available now on all streaming platforms! lnk.to/AChristmasOf... 🌟 #choirofkcl #kingscollegelondon #lifeatkings #london #musicinlondon #choralmusic #choir #london #kcl

Not only do the photos always provide a bit of brightness in the day, but the alt-text is just perfect. If you're not already following @owlsintowels.org, you really should!

Look ahead to Advent, and book an Advent retreat at the Franciscan Centre Ladywell from 5-7 Dec. All info and bookings on franciscancentre.org.uk/upcoming-eve... #Advent #retreat