Helen McKee

A very moving interview with the great Neil Kinnock from @lewisgoodall.com on @newsagents.bsky.social - really worth a listen on the 40th anniversary of that speech.

They say never meet your heroes, but that doesn’t apply with Lord Kinnock.

Tawny owl

Six weeks ago, I picked up a year-old tawny owl with a broken leg off the main road near our home and dropped him off at our nearest vet.

After a few days, I received one of the most bizarre phone calls I’ve ever had, asking “So when are you coming to pick up your owl?” 🧵

thank you for alerting me so that I caught the news as it happened!! 🙂

First woman appointed to be the next Archbishop of Canterbury The Bishop of London, the Rt Revd Sarah Mullally, has been announced as the next Primate of All England

BREAKING: The next Archbishop of Canterbury is to be the Rt Revd Sarah Mullally, the Bishop of London since 2018, Downing Street has announced. She is to be the first woman to hold the post

#archbishopofcanterbury #nextABC #Archbishop106

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TODAY TODAY TODAY

Great news!
JSTOR now have a free account with an Independent Researcher category. You can access 100 documents per month

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Schaffhausen, Stadtbibliothek Gen. 1, p. 1

St. Gall 555, p. 5

Bayerische Staatsbibliothek Clm 6341, fol. 2r

Today is the feast of Adomnán of Iona, d. 704. Here are 3 copies of the same text, the opening of the preface to Adomnán's Life of Columba: Schaffhausen, Stadtbibliothek Gen. 1, possibly copied in Adomnán's lifetime; & St. Gall 555 & Bayerische Staatsbibliothek Clm 6341, both later 9c. 🧵

When I started BretPal (almost two years ago 😪), I had one very clear research goal: to establish parameters for Breton Caroline minuscule
(Bern, Burgerbibliothek, Cod. 85)

Today the Church of England remembers Theodore of Tarsus, second Archbishop of Canterbury, who had never set foot in these isles before being appointed, and who had to learn the local tongue on the journey here.

There would be no British Christianity without immigrants.

Encountering the fascists outside Waterloo iandunt.substack.com/p/encounteri...

I need you to understand what this country feels like right now for those of us who look different. I'm sitting here, trying to plan for Saturday, make sure I don't even need to go to the corner shop for milk, like it's Christmas Day or lockdown. Why? Because I live near where Yaxley-Lennon will 1/

Initial 'q'(uid) at the beginning of Psalm 51, with a bonus face looking out at us.

BL Arundel MS 155; 'The Eadui Psalter'; 11th century; England S.E. (Canterbury); f.53r

Favourite Breton manuscripts cont'd: The Saint Gatien Gospels (Paris, BNF MS NAL 1587). Long associated with a Breton centre, the Saint Gatien Gospels are distinct for the rich illuminations and the script, which is a weird (I say that lovingly) and unique version of Insular Half-Uncial

Had the most delightful and mind-expanding day at the BretPal workshop, hosted by the fabulous @ccurran.bsky.social 📜🍷✨

A photograph of Galway Bay with a gibbous moon casting its path across the waves.

Galway Bay under the moon. 🌔 So happy to visit this beautiful place.

Labour has succeeded only in strengthening Farage. The way is now open for Zack Polanski’s Greens | George Monbiot By caving to the hard right and corporate greed, Labour has left a gaping hole the new Green party leader is best placed to fill, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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September
#MedievalCalendar
BnF MS Latin 10837; Saint-Willibrord d'Echternach (?), the Calendar of Willibrord and Horologium; late 7th and early 8th century; f.38v @gallicabnf.bsky.social

BREAKING: The new leader of @greenparty.org.uk is @zackpolanski.bsky.social, having won the ledership by 20,411 votes to 3,705 votes. ~AA

A learned friend from Dublin referred me to "the minim sentence," created by a 14th c. French monk who wrote it in Gothic script using vertical strokes called minims for the letters n, m, i, and u: "Mimi numinum niuium minimi munium nimium uini muniminum imminui uiui minimum uolunt."
#medievalsky

A signed copy of my book, Reynard the Fox, its accompanying journal, A Fox for All Seasons, a fine bar of Apple & Blackberry chocolate, a box of cinnamon knots, a packet of Caramelised biscuit tea & a charming & fluffy fox companion.

🍁🦊Competition time! To celebrate the coming of autumn, win a cornucopia of delights! A signed copy of my book, Reynard the Fox & accompanying journal, A Fox for All Seasons, Apple & Blackberry chocolate, cinnamon knots, Caramelised biscuit tea & a fine fox companion. Follow, like & repost to win! 🦊🍂

Well, BretPal is coming to a swift end as of 30 September. Between now and then, I'll be posting my favourite Breton manuscripts, starting with the iconic horse Mark from the Boulougne Gospels (Boulogne sur Mer, MS 8).

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Merseyside golf course may be site of 'mother of all bloodbaths'

'Never yet on this island has there been a greater slaughter'

Clearing vacancies Courses available via Clearing.

Look, I know it's highly unlikely any actual teenagers getting results are On Here, but if you're in the vicinity of one thinking about engaging with Clearing, the Classics dept at Royal Holloway has places, and I think we're jolly good. As are our Humanities colleagues.

Kallisti the caliby cat looking regal on her cat tree

I don't understand how every picture of my cat makes her look like a motivational speaker

That was my favourite thing in the exhibition!

Royal Holloway’s beautiful Victorian chapel, seen from the organ loft. Sunlight streams through the tall windows and at the far end it reflects off a gilded sunrise painted against blue sea and sky.

An amazing view from an organ loft with which to start the day (at Royal Holloway)! My favourite bit is the morning sunlight picking out the painted sunrise at the east end.

A view of part of Founder’s Building. The sky is deep blue; half of the terracotta bricks are in shadow, while the others glow in the morning sunlight.

@royalholloway.bsky.social = ridiculously photogenic! 🏰