At a time when the BBC is under fire I would gently point out that the work of exceptional journalists on Inside Out in the NEast ( along with colleagues on the Guardian) that led to hundreds coming forwards and finding the courage to speak. #bbcnews #insideoutcj www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Irony alert!

Maybe Keir should demand the heads of major US news networks any time they imply Britain is on the brink of civil war or that we live under sharia law. Or does it not work both ways?

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Why can Jesuits always get a table at any restaurant? Because they always have a secret mental reservation

You can rely on the Church Times to phrase this accurately!

"Crikey, that's tacky" - Liberace.

@bbcnewsnight.bsky.social The King is NOT the “Head of the Church of England”. That position is held by Jesus Christ. The King is the Supreme Governor, a significant but far less exalted position.

Murrayfield Stadium seems to be turning into a pop music venue that occasionally hosts Rugby matches.

This satirical verse about Caroline of Brunswick might be applied to a contemporary royal: "Most Gracious Queen, we thee implore To go away and sin no more Or if that effort be too great To go away at any rate".

Louvre robbery. French police release image of suspect.

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My godmother knew Margaret Thatcher quite well when they were undergraduate contemporaries at Oxford. She once told me that most discussions ended with Thatcher saying “My father says…” (referring to Alderman Alf Roberts, not the Almighty). #Thatchercentenary

An excellent read for those who know or think they know the Netherlands.

The Bishop of Birmingham has written to the Shadow Justice Secretary Robert Jenrick about his comments about Handsworth

The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control.* *Unless you disagree with someone politically or theologically. Then let ‘em have it. —the Bible according to Christian nationalism

The appointment of Rt Rev and Rt Hon Dame Sarah Mullally as Archbishop of Canterbury, the first woman to be given the role in the history of the Church of England, has been warmly welcome by Bishop Mark Strange, Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church.

Will the impending senior Tory defections to Reform knock the new ABC off the front pages?

Greatly enjoying this - a portrait of the Netherlands built up over a series of walks. Sharply observant & fascinating in its detail.

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Passing Donaldson's this morning, we fell into conversation with a young couple from Frankfurt-am-Main who were photographing the building. His grandfather had been a POW in the building & was grateful for the treatment he received for a serious eye injury sustained in combat.

The fuchsia overhanging the churchyard wall is in splendid bloom.

Always good to receive an @alcs.co.uk payment. Thanks once again. Authors, do sign up if you haven’t already.

After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.

Starmer said Christianity is “wired into our informal constitution”. Nothing informal about Bishops in the House of Lords or the Sovereign being Supreme Governor of the CofE, I think.

They picked the wrong letterbox!

A coal tit is a welcome visitor to the bird feeder.

A historic declaration of friendship between the Scottish Episcopal Church and the Catholic Church in Scotland has been signed in Edinburgh, allowing them to work more closely together in future.

We need a latter-day George Dangerfield to write The Strange Death of Conservative England. Not to mention Scotland & Wales.

The jokes were flying during post-Eucharistic coffee this morning. I was told the Spanish word for suppository. It is, of course, innuendo. Thank you, Jimmy, for that one.

Why do has-been Prime Ministers need an annual six-figure sum for expenses connected to “public duties”? Tube fare to get to the Cenotaph on 11/11? Moss Bros. bill for hire of evening dress for state banquets?

What we are seeing in America has disturbing similarities to the Gleichschaltung.

I read that some Republicans in Texas want the Ten Commandments displayed in school classrooms. A copy in the Oval Office might not be a bad idea.

Labour needs a leader who can communicate as well as Zack Polanski.

Wondering why I didn’t get the emergency alert.

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On the same day in the Telegraph:

Many of us boomers were issued with ID cards even though WW2 had been over for several years when we were born.

Congressman Jamie Raskin hands Nigel Farage his a*** on a plate Anyone in the UK care to plagiarize?

not sure you’d be allowed to write this in North Korea, lads

The man who would be PM has already spent a decade getting much of what he wanted - and none of it has worked ✏️ James Ball [gift article] https://www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-nigel-farage-the-man-who-broke-britain/?utm_campaign=110000447989&utm_source=1234574

A section of tarmac at the pedestrian crossing at the east end of Eglinton Crescent. Navigating this in a wheelchair ain’t easy . Happy to give you a spin in my wife’s wheelchair @stephenjenkinson.bsky.social but, as Mae West said in a different context: “It’s gonna be a bumpy ride!”

Keys found on Granton Road - they look like they belong to a cyclist. Please retweet and let's see if we can find the owner. #lostkey #Edinburgh #cycling #Edinburghcycling

Netflix is offering us Hamlet without the introspection & indecisiveness. Think I’ll pass on this one.

A Guardian story that should be required reading for those appointing the next Archbishop of Canterbury.

Anyone know why two (I think) Chinooks were circling west Edinburgh west Edinburgh in the past hour?

www.ft.com/content/9731... Excellent piece showing how spurious Putin’s claims to Ukraine are & how the study of History is vital to the flourishing of democracy.

West Port Community Garden, discovered when I went to Tonsorium for a badly-needed haircut.

And now. Trump’s clearly into blinging the place up.

That Oval Office fireplace in February…