Graham Kings

When I visited St Andrew’s College, Kabare, #Kenya in 2014, the Bursar told me I had given him my copy of that book, when he was a schoolboy at Kabare - and he still had it. The next day, he showed it to me.

#Books are seeds.

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When I visited St Andrew’s College, Kabare, #Kenya in 2014, the Bursar told me I had given him my copy of that book, when he was a schoolboy at Kabare - and he still had it. The next day, he showed it to me.

#Books are seeds.

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When there was the equivalent of World Book Day in 1967, books were sold at Buckhurst Hill Grammar School. I bought Martin Luther King’s, ‘Strength to Love’.

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FT - a comment…

#Trump’s #war

“New African” Culture and Black Sociopolitical Life in Early to Mid-Twentieth-Century South Africa AbstractThis chapter explores the contours and complexities of “New African” ideas, culture, society, and politics in twentieth-century South Africa. It wa

Just published online, my chapter on cultural and sociopolitical developments, c1900-c1950, in the Oxford Handbook of South African History. A long journey to getting this out, but voila. Published in hardback in Apr ‘26.

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The initial ideas for the #BeveridgeReport were discussed over the dining table of the Old Palace, Canterbury between 3 #Balliol College, #Oxford, friends, with links to #Toynbee Hall, East London: William #Beveridge, Archbishop William #Temple and R H #Tawney.

#Christian #theology #politics

George van Kooten's work as a specialist on the New Testament in its Graeco-Roman context has been highlighted by Cambridge University's School of Arts and Humanities here:
www.csah.cam.ac.uk/news/new-the...

Summary of White House Briefings so far:

Reporter: Can you tell us what Plan B is?

Trump Regime: Plan B? We don't even have Plan A.

Minab school bombing: how the worst mass casualty event of the Iran war unfolded – a visual guide A strike on Shajareh Tayyebeh school during the US-Israeli bombing campaign killed up to 168 people. The Guardian has pieced together the incident and its aftermath using verified footage and images f...

And Melania #Trump has just chaired a session at the #UN Security Council about protecting children in war…

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

Did they describe themselves as a Noble Prize Winner?

USA gives up trying to evacuate its citizens from the Middle East, telling them, instead, to find their own way home by commercial airlines…

Kabare Carving: Facing the Mountain The mahogany relief, on the porch staircase leading to chapel of St Andrew’s College, Kabare, Kenya, carved by Benson Ndaka in 1991.

‘Kabare Carving: Facing the Mountain’, new @grahamkings.bsky.social #poem expounding Benson Ndaka’s 1991 mahogany carving on the stairs up to the chapel at St Andrew’s College, #Kabare, #Kenya.

Or Wes Hill or Esau McCaulley.

Try him

U.S. Troops Were Told Iran War Is for “Armageddon,” Return of Jesus Advocacy group reports commanders giving similar messages at more than 30 installations in every branch of the military

EXCLUSIVE: At more than 30 installations, U.S. commanders told troops the war on Iran is a Christian war.

The Military Religious Freedom Foundation has been “inundated” with more than 110 complaints.

One NCO said they were told the U.S. war is to bring about Armageddon and the return of Jesus…

This from CNN World:

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio argued that the "imminent threat" posed by Iran was its expected retaliation to planned Israeli military action, and that prompted the US to strike first.

A little mental health tip: Don't try to make this make sense.

Indeed. #Starmer the sober, reticent, unassuming, unhurried, stable presence as Prime Minister we need at the moment.

Tom Wright.

Trendy…

Post-haste…

Silvia Dimitrova’s #Angel #icon in the moonlight of our chapel last night.

Peterborough Psalter and Bestiary is making a visit to London!
Why not drop by to say hi

The manuscript is on loan at a new exhibition:
The Painted Tower: Conservation in Context at Longthorpe
Courtauld Gallery, 26 Feb–27 May 2026
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CCCC MS 53, ff. 7v-8r
#medievalMSS

Archbishop of Jerusalem & the Middle East shares pastoral letter in light of escalating conflict Anglican Communion News Service

‘Our brothers & sisters in Diocese of #Iran are currently enduring terror of aerial bombardment; our members in Diocese of Cyprus & Gulf are witnessing arrival of war at their doorsteps; and our faithful in Diocese of #Jerusalem face an unprecedented threat of military escalation.’ Hosam Naoum.

Archbishop of Jerusalem & the Middle East shares pastoral letter in light of escalating conflict Anglican Communion News Service

Archbishop says ‘In the face of such overwhelming force, we recall the words of our Lord Jesus Christ: 'Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God' (Matt 5:9). Today, that calling feels heavier than ever before….’

How Pope Leo was elected: New details of dramatic conclave battle revealed | CNN “Conclave” the movie provides a gripping, if fictional, behind-the-scenes look inside the secretive election of a new pope. But last year’s real-life conclave was just as dramatic, with plenty of plot...

‘Robert Prevost: American #Pope’ #poem @grahamkings.bsky.social

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Death toll from school bombing in southern Iran reportedly rises to 165 Strike on girls’ elementary school in south of Iran has killed 148 people and injured 95 others, according to Iran state media

165 schoolgirls killed in Southern Iraq by bombing.

…and #Trump wanted to ‘throw a dead cat on the dining room table’ to distract from the encroaching #EpsteinFiles.

US-Israel war on Iran live: Trump says attack could last four weeks as death tolls rise across Middle East US president says ‘it’s always been about a four-week process so - as strong as it is, it’s a big country, it’ll take four weeks - or less’ and that he’s agreed to talk with Iran

‘Just 27% of #Americans approve of #Iran strikes, poll finds’.

Indeed.

Also with the three friends who organise @beerandtheology since I moved to #Cambridge from #Bermondsey in 2020: Guido de Graaff, Deborah Halling and @juliegittoes.bsky.social .