Darren Philip

Replaced by an AI voice that can't pronounce Camelon.

BBC headline: Group backed by Judi Dench takes over North Yorkshire nature site.

Why are they reporting it like it's a paramilitary coup?

Dear Mr. Clegg

I have started a business, selling the contents of your house

I knew when I launched I did not have legal access your house

Without this access my company will not be profitable

Others have told me I have a flawed business model, but I disagree

Please advise how I should proceed

I wish everyone at #ga2025 would stop saying this is the first time we've had a conference session. There was one in 2006 to launch the strategy for young people, led by none other than Rosie Frew!

John Williams's speech to #ga2025 giving lived experience of palliative care is possibly the most moving address I've ever heard at a General Assembly.

Sunday Musings The Centrality of Love

Whatever Jesus said about love, many Christians find it easier to redefine love than follow his straight-forward command. They constrict the circle of who counts as a “disciple” and limit the sphere of love. Love wasn’t for anyone. Just those who think like you.

open.substack.com/pub/dianabut...

Yup. That’s the one.

Nah. Claire Balding all the way. #TheTraitors #CelebrityTraitors

In electing a serious and fearless progressive, the College of Cardinals looks like pretty much the only electorate in the world that hasn't had its brains boiled by far right propaganda & toxic social media. For a Catholic of my generation, this is an almost unbelievable development.

A poster showing an image of Professor Miroslav Volf. The text reads: Gifford Lectures 2025. Miroslav Volf, Professor, Yale Divinity School/ Director: Yale Centre for Faith and Culture. Then the title of the lecture series: Amor Mundi: God and the Character of our Relation to the World. The dates are 12 May to 20 May. The image also displays the University of Aberdeen logo, and the Giffords logo.

Please help us spread the word about our upcoming Gifford Lectures series! Free to attend and open to all. Sign up here: www.abdn.ac.uk/dhpa/events/...

Something amazing happened to me yesterday. I went to a free concert at a local church - The Gustav Holst Ensemble - & half way through the second piece - Brahms Piano Quartet no. 3 - I noticed that tears were streaming down my face. A moment of absolute beauty. Never known anything like it.

Have you seen @douggay.bsky.social's metrical paraphrase of this Psalm? Very apt for the moment. (It can be found on p27 of ojs.st-andrews.ac.uk/index.php/TI...)

I’d like to announce my forthcoming US history book, covering a decisive but tumultuous era in that country’s history, titled “The trade policies of the United States: 10:30 am to 1:30 pm on Friday, March 7, 2025” It will be 400 pages.

Reality check.
Thank you, Financial Times.

You simply cannot beat a Uranus joke. Top, top work here.

When a Frenchman is scoring points against you in your own office it's probably best not to pretend to be internationally respected

Good work from Macron. A relief to see him sat there, speaking truth, injecting moral clarity.

“Better is a poor but wise youth than an old but foolish king, who will no longer take advice.” Ecclesiastes 4:13 #DailyPrayer

Five things I achieved last week:
- Naps
- Snoozes
- Resting my eyes
- Dozing
- Writing this list

Pres Trump: ‘I think Europe has given $100bn [to Ukraine] and we’ve given, let’s say, $300bn plus.’ The most reliable figures show the EU has given $138bn to Ukraine, while the US has given $114bn. In 2024 Europe and Canada provided nearly 60% of NATO’s security aid to Ukraine.

Calling Zelensky a “Dictator” must be where the line is drawn.

It is my sincere hope that the whole political spectrum in the United Kingdom will speak with one voice in opposition to Trump’s lies.

Big 'My lovely horse' vibes on #BBCapprentice

Jesus never called his followers to defend Christianity, a “Christian nation,” or even their Christian churches.

Jesus called them to defend the poor, the oppressed, and the hurting.

Stop manipulating Jesus for the benefit of a few. Get to feeding, healing, and peacemaking.

A god that needs a government to enforce their will is a false god invented by tyrants to further their own pursuit of wealth and power.

After building a career pushing anti-vax views, Robert Kennedy said today (at his confirmation hearings) that all **his kids are vaccinated**. Don’t look at what he says (anti-vax is a lucrative position)- look at what he does.

🤭

Not just his dream.

Good read. 👇👇