This Friday 10th October 15:30-16:45 in the Weston Library, @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social Senior Research Fellow Federico Varese & co-curator Jessica Douthwaite will give a talk on their @bodleian.ox.ac.uk exhibition on John Le Carré visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/event/lecarre #JohnLeCarré #SpySky

Citizens Advice centres do incredible work and this statistic is a stark insight into how much that work is needed. #Dorset

This article sets the record straight about Schools of Sanctuary — and why it’s rooted in kindness, inclusion, and safety for everyone: www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-e...

Coffee with Bonhoeffer. Enjoyed a visit to this social enterprise with a big heart for its local community in Cirencester. Great project making great use of the old department store; ethical trading, good food, common table, pay what you can, worth visiting. gloucester.anglican.org/2024/a-new-e...

This little wander was delightful; and on the day of announcement that St John Henry Newman will be declared a doctor of the church, added interest to see this chapel where he went to Mass following his reception into Roman Catholicism.

Spur of the moment walk up Cherhill Down #Wiltshire and for once I’m at a hillfort for #HillfortsWednesday #OldburyCastle historicengland.org.uk/research/res...

Really good to be back at #Tolpuddle for the rally after a gap of a few years, and to spend time at @tolpuddleoct.bsky.social, recently restored and finding new life.

If you’re in #Tolpuddle for the rally next weekend I plan on hanging out on Sunday afternoon with friends at the chapel, a key site for the history of trades unions and social justice in the UK. See you there!

Before Saltaire and Bournville there was Swindon Railway Village (with a pub on every other corner). Great conversation about the challenges and excitement of a community-led restoration project for the Mechanics Institute which has been vacant since 1986.

A Terribly Serious Adventure; engaging & enjoyable crash course in the philosophy I didn’t read as a philosophy student many years ago.

Great Somerford in the cool of the evening & Britain's first allotments. Enclosure of common land reduced the amount of land available to the poor. Stephen Demainbray, rector 1799–1854 successfully lobbied the King to spare part of his parish from the Great Somerford Inclosure Act 1806.

Enjoyed the #Glastonbury coverage and lots of county flags; Somerset, Devon, Wiltshire, Cornwall. But failed to spot any from #Dorset. Has the poor cross of St Wite been forgotten already?

Gentle reminder👇

A visit to see Dauntsey’s Doom, recently restored. #Wiltshire

The house by the Thames … Kelmscott Manor, #WilliamMorris

Simple pleasures of everyday life …

Looking forward to this gathering; do join us if you can, and perhaps share in this lovely project combining social justice and heritage. #Tolpuddle #Dorset

In search of rum and butter, a taste acquired in early childhood. colinbrady.co.uk/2025/06/05/s...

Visitation. Dinah Roe Kendall.

Ten years of Laudato Si': from @lsrioxford.bsky.social lsri.campion.ox.ac.uk/news/24-may-...

Thank you @garrettcarr.bsky.social First novel I’ve read through to the end in years.

Whistler’s later work, his incredible etched glass for the church in Moreton #Dorset, would be much better, but this little panel @campionhall.bsky.social was probably his first commissioned piece around 1936.

Simple pleasures of everyday life; a Sunday morning in May.

"A small number of very rich men have been able to lay upon the teeming masses of the laboring poor a yoke little better than that of slavery itself." --Pope Leo XIII on capitalism, 1891

Came upon an open door in Bath and wandered into a wonderful piece of charity history; St John’s Foundation established 1174 and still serving the needs of local people. Lovely buildings, fantastic history. stjohnsbath.org.uk

May Day joy …

Simple pleasures of everyday life; coffee in the garden, this might just be this afternoon’s office. @campionhall.bsky.social #Oxford #Lutyens

Return visit to Woodchester, a mad, visionary building, all the more wonderful for having been left unfinished.

Homily for the funeral of Pope Francis, one of the most unexpected and powerful moments from today’s service. www.vatican.va/content/vati...

My colleague Prof Celia Deane-Drummond @campionhall.bsky.social reflects on the contribution made by Pope Francis to the global movement for integral ecology and action on climate change.

If you happen to be in Dorset on a Thursday, do drop by Tolpuddle and visit the restored old chapel and explore its connection to the #TolpuddleMartyrs #TradesUnions and #socialjustice

Yesterday’s trip was to Down Ampney for another lovely window by Tom Denny, this one celebrating the life and work of Ralph Vaughan Williams who was born in the village.

It’s well worth a diversion; stunning new window by Tom Denny in Tisbury parish church, Wiltshire.

Salisbury friends … I doubt that I’ll get to this but I’m sure it will be a good evening (even if the author has given away far too much about what an Irishman means when he says he’s grand).

A day for glass. The wonderful new Tom Denny window in Tisbury, and revisiting the Harry Clarke in Sturminster Newton. #StainedGlass

It’s Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury weekend …

Being fed takeaways this morning…

Following our instagram hack by what my friend and IT expert @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social described as 'utter bastards', we're back with a new account. Give us a follow there please, help us rebuild an audience of readers.

Theology pals! Did you guys realise that Anna Rowlands was the topic of an op-ed in the leading newspaper in Ireland, written by one of our most influential politicians of the last generation?: www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...

Another few days perhaps until it reaches peak magnificence, this magnolia on the wall of @pembrokeoxford.bsky.social as seen from my office @campionhall.bsky.social Campion Hall, Oxford. There are worse views.

Yes please. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Swindon sundown.

Fairford attractions. A lovely visit, welcoming guide, friendly town. Stunning glass and fascinating history of local philanthropy.

A new condensed version of Frederick Copleston’s 11 vol history of philosophy has just been published. I imagine I wasn’t the only student who relied on these as sole texts for many an essay. www.thinkingfaith.org/articles/fre... Photo: Copleston’s gown still doing duty @campionhall.bsky.social

Talks on the philosopher Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury and an archaeological dig at his childhood home; first weekend in April.

Good to be able to welcome @centraldorsetca.bsky.social to this platform. If you have interests in #Dorset do take a look.

This may be of interest to quite a few of you. Research and lived experience combined for insights and reflections on social cohesion in places experiencing conflict.

Delighted to find @sundaymiscellany.bsky.social here at last.

Deeply appreciating the strong affirmation, (echoing perhaps CP Snow’s Two Cultures), of the place of humanities alongside sciences. And this fine piece of wisdom from Harold Macmillan: ‘Young man, don’t do too much, too soon.'

The more I read of Harold Macmillan the more I appreciate his wisdom. To a young William Hague: 'Young man, don’t do too much, too soon.' www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-02...