Dom Wright

No inside information, but all the papers have run a story about it over the last 24 hours and the Labour Conference is over so I predict that today they will announce the 106th Archbishop of Canterbury…

Almost mystical experience as I was walking home from PCC last night. It’d been a hard work but productive meeting which overran despite my best efforts. Walking home in the dark through my village behind an older member, looking at him, I felt was in the company of the one of the original Apostles.

Just streamed first episode of BBC’s King & Conquerer. Disappointing: Cinematography about the level of Maid Marian and her Merry Men, script clunky. The only thing I liked were the Icelandic ponies. Was this a historical nod to the Norman’s viking roots? No apparently it was just filmed in Iceland.

I probably wouldn’t have chosen to visit here had I been in charge of the itinerary. But this was deeply thought provoking and I’m glad I visited

An open letter to Nigel Farage - Bishop Steven's Blog Bishop Steven writes an open letter in response to Nigel Farage MP's immigration policy which was launched in Oxford this week.

Wise words from my bishop +Steven

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Inspirational visit to Corrie Ten Boom’s shop in Haarlem. Her story was amplified by the Billy Graham Association but I can’t help thinking she would have had a a very sharp rebuke for them today.

Today I learned that the name Amsterdam comes from the dam built around the river Amstel in around 1270 and that the canals were a 17th century plan to expand the rapidly growing city

What the Vikings would have seen when invading Northumberland (not my wife obviously). On the ferry from Newcastle to Amsterdam. Scenic voyage down the coast before turning port side across the North Sea around York.

Got into a flap over a potential tick bite a couple of months ago after my regular run through fields. No further symptoms so I think I’m ok but very carefully checking now.

Trying to imagine the conversation between James I and his stonemason when speccing out the tomb for his mother Mary Queen of Scots at Westminster Abbey. “Yes I’d like a red lion, on the body of a naked man, with a golden cross to cover his Crown Jewels!”

Does Gobeklitepe count? They are the oldest megaliths in the world and predate the Agricultural Revolution. #StandingStoneSunday

Thanks I enjoyed that. If you’d like to see in the crypt some time just let me know. For some reason this church was off the radar when the Victorian antiquarians were mapping out the Saxon churches and has been left behind despite its unusual size

When are you coming to my church All Saint’s in Wing? We’ve got the largest Saxon arch in England, a seventh century crypt and I think we are the site of Bede’s mysterious Clovesho where Theodore of Tarsus brought all the Saxon bishops together. This name lives on as the benefice name of Cottesloe!

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I prefer to call him Alcuin of York (not that I’m territorial!)

Thine Bee the glory

For just a second I thought that might be a quote from Double-double-toil-and-trouble Nigel Farage

These kinds of pictures should be everywhere right now quite frankly

There is a cycle lane alongside the A418 dropping from Wing to Leighton Buzzard. No-one dips their lights for us cycling along it. Incredibly uncomfortable and potentially dangerous.

I live in a rural village. Sadly people die around here in traffic accidents because rural roads are faster. The at-fault and not-at-fault drivers are normal people whose lives are turned upside down. You’re kidding yourself if you think your driving is so incredible it couldn’t happen to you.

Genuinely, if I got killed by a driver, wouldn’t want that driver to forever not be able to get their kids to school, not be able to take their mum to hospital appointment or not be able to support their family because the range of work was severely limited for them unless they were still a danger.

Having watched the film I’m confused! Should the word conclave be used with a definite or indefinite article? Do we call it A conclave, THE conclave, or simply Conclave?

As a cyclist I have a close call with motorists nearly every ride.We absolutely need to change the car-is-king culture. But I disagree with you. We live in a fallen & accident-prone world. We’re not robots (thank God). We need to come to terms with our nature & help each other in our grief & healing

I feel I’m a bit of a francophile so I’m embarrassed to say I had to reach for Google translate for some of those

Rather than introduce more laws and penalties, as a society I’d rather we try to find ways to foster a culture of thoughtfulness and respect.

Toilet Hysteria Isn’t Law: Why Trans People in the UK Can Still Pee in Peace - Trans Advocacy and Complaints Collective (Yes, Even After the Supreme Court Ruling) Let’s clear something up before another MP starts frothing at the mouth on GB News: in the UK, there is still no law that stops transgender people from…

Trans people in the UK can still use the toilets that match their gender. Yes, even after the Supreme Court ruling. Here's why:

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Oh my goodness. I don’t know if I’ll ever love a pope as much as I loved Pope Francis.

I pitched my Easter sermon wrong. It’s my first Easter here so I couldn’t imagine what it would be like but I didn’t expect my village churches to be packed. I should have done a kids talk rather than bringing in the 1700th anniversary of the council of Nicaea.

On the one occasion I gave up chocolate for Lent I found I’d completely lost the taste for it by Easter. Easter eggs wasted!

I’m not going back to X. I just don’t find it edifying. It can get a bit one-track on Bluesky so the other day I found a way to temporarily filter out words. I filtered out everything with the word Trump for 24hrs.