@andrewgraystone.bsky.social
Laughter and anger - but not necessarily in that order. Think Christopher Robin trapped in the body of Winnie the Pooh.
If you are a member of General Synod I hope you will join me at this lunchtime fringe meeting. 1pm in The Temple Room.
11.02.2026 06:53 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0The Winter Olympics should have the same sports as the Summer Olympics, but on ice. I’d like to see long jump, shot put and dressage on ice.
07.02.2026 09:10 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Right back atcha @revrachelmann.bsky.social you beautiful person.
25.01.2026 13:40 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0I’m a constituent of Gorton and Denton constituency, and I will be backing Andy Burnham to be our MP.
24.01.2026 22:20 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Has anyone noticed how the Bermuda Triangle seems to have disappeared?
21.01.2026 09:34 — 👍 8 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Trump’s Bored of Peace
20.01.2026 23:28 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Don’te
20.01.2026 13:08 — 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A picture of two cute penguins, with the headline meeting of the Gentoo penguins
They’re hoping for a Gen Three penguin.
20.01.2026 08:44 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
GAFCON leaders take their players off the pitch after failing to get the result they wanted.
No, wait….not GAFCON…AFCON.
Happy Fishing Shop Owners’ Day to all who sell a bait.
06.01.2026 17:01 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1Happy Lab Technicians Day to all who calibrate.
06.01.2026 17:00 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1HEEERRRROOOOOODDDDD!
30.12.2025 23:41 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0We are shouting at the tele!
30.12.2025 20:58 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Remember, a hippopotamus is for life, not just for Christmas.
30.12.2025 16:12 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Last one to take their paper hat off wins!
25.12.2025 15:55 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Fat Donald Trump playing golf
Donald Trump was robbed
#BBCSportsPersonality
Pink candle burning
Understandably there has been a lot of attention recently on the abuse of men in the church. But it’s important to be aware that at least as many women and girls are victims of abuse in church contexts.
14.12.2025 09:07 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Not that I’m checking the sales every five minutes or anything! 😉
11.12.2025 09:18 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0‘We are better than Tommy Robinson’, say CofE bishops, in new bid for moral limbo dancing championship.
11.12.2025 09:06 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0…and yet still she married me in daylight!
11.12.2025 09:02 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
For some reason there has been a rush on my book Bleeding for Jesus, and Amazon is temporarily out of stock. That should be put right in 24 hours. In the meantime you can get it direct from the publisher at www.tinyurl.com/bleeding4jesus.
11.12.2025 09:01 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0The law also says that you can only be married in daylight hours. Originally this was to prevent people accidentally marrying the wrong person.
11.12.2025 08:12 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
I was privileged to appear on The Sacred Podcast
@sacred_podcast
this week. Always a great listen. It’s unusual because as well as asking ‘What do you do?’ Elizabeth Oldfield asks ‘Why do you do it?’ podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
My book Bleeding for Jesus: John Smyth and the Cult of Iwerne Camps: The Scandal That Shook the Church of England is now available at www.tinyurl.com/bleeding4Jesus.
It probably wouldn’t make a good Christmas present!
My book Bleeding for Jesus: John Smyth and the Cult of Iwerne Camps: The Scandal That Shook the Church of England is now available at www.tinyurl.com/bleeding4Jesus.
It probably wouldn’t make a good Christmas present!
You can find the full story behind the Channel 4 documentaries See No Evil in the revised and updated edition of my book Bleeding for Jesus. tinyurl.com/bleeding4Jesus
08.12.2025 09:44 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Raise a glass to William Nye. As General-Secretary to the General Synod and the Archbishops’ Council, he has been running the Church of England for exactly 10 years today. The bishops are privileged to have such a man to defend their power and privilege against the little people.
01.12.2025 13:24 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Just dropped a packet of Cheese and Onion and accidentally trod it into the carpet.
It’s beginning to look a lot like crisp mush.
In this expanded and revised new edition, respected journalist and broadcaster Andrew Graystone tells the true story of John Smyth QC, a high-flying barrister who exploited his role in the church to abuse more than a hundred men and boys.
🔗 Click the link in the bio to find out more.
#JohnSmyth
If the UK government turned against people like you, and it was no longer safe for you to live here, what country would you go to, and how would you get there?
17.11.2025 19:23 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
