Mark Kirby

I'm so sad that I can't make it to this conference. It looks superb.

I’m starting to understand how one might go bankrupt running a casino.

From my latest Digest: 🤔 “I order an oat latte and a Danish from the barista - and she says, “Sure!” with a smile. Then her smile diminishes as she looks down again towards my hands. “Are you ok?” she says.” www.digest.andymarsh...

Just ordering some teak cleaner for my garden bench. Very tempted by the free delivery option.

Oh please do, Jim. I mean, what are weekends for, after all?

Congratulations Rebecca. What a fine review!

This made me snort tea through my nose.

It might have been a memory of Old St Paul's, which was used as a market place and thoroughfare. In the excellent "The Blazing World", @jonathanhealey.bsky.social recounts a man who was prosecuted for defacating in the nave & who defended himself by saying he hadn't realised it was a cathedral.

Ah, the curse of restrictive covenants. My first place had a covenant stating that I could not use the place for immoral purposes or "hang noxious items" out of the windows.

A Bluesky post with citation. What's not to like!

That's an interesting thought. Do we know if he visited Co Durham while a prebend of the cathedral & rector of Stanhope? I'd wondered about our ceiling as a successor to heraldic medieval roof bosses - Div School being nearby.

Thanks for the explanation. It's difficult to stay on top of all of this!

Ignorant but well-meaning question. Other than the financial aspect of where my money goes (which I dio care about), does it matter if my smart TV knows what I watch?

That's a lovely panel. The Fairford glass was one of the last major new commissions before the Reformation - an indication of the direction things might have gone, artistically and devotionally.

What?!?!?!

to "All rights reserved" but everyone I've ever asked has been happy to allow free usage.

I would add Bayerische Staatsbibliotek. Not the easiest to navigate but good resolution images of book-plates.

Also Flickr. You have to scroll through lots of rubbish but some very good photographers also upload their pics. Often defaulted ...

Goodness, what an extraordinary place!

Yes, certainly in the humanities.

It was a brilliant afternoon. So good to see you.

Fascinating thread. Thank you. Given that the geology of the Netherlands is mostly sandy alluvial deposits, it is unsurprising that large buildings have to be shored up in various ways.

Never mind naive baby chicks, they need to repeat the experiment on world-weary cynical ones.

UK: Prince Andrew arrested.

South Korea: Former President Yoon sentenced for life.

Brazil: Former President Bolsonaro serving a 27-year sentence.

USA: President Trump demands $10 billion payout from taxpayers.

*comparison*!!

It was a difficut cokparosn to make, as the Gouda glass is outstanding, among the best surviving of its period.

Thank you. It is an amazing place. I've written a book about @lincoln.ox.ac.uk chapel (to be published in 2027), which has stained glass from 1629-31 by a Dutch glazier, Abraham van Linge & wanted to put the chapel glass in its Dutch context.

Definitely interested. I rarely respond to posts though (and didn't on Twitter either before I left). Please do stay.

If the definition is "British ancestry and Christian faith" there are probably only about 3-4mn "British" people in the country, and I somewhat doubt any of them are members of Restore Britain.

Delighted to receive copies of my new book published by Amberley. I’ll be speaking and launching it at the Lincolnshire Churches Conference in Heckington on Saturday April 18th.

Fabulous.