Phil White
@revdphilippa.bsky.social
Liturgy, church music, knitting, poetry, cool saints, hymn-writing, small children. Not in that order. Sometimes also sleep.
She/her. God is love and mercy is greater than we can imagine.
She/her. God is love and mercy is greater than we can imagine.
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I came to Minneapolis to report on what's going on, and one of the main questions I showed up with is "just what is the scale of the resistance?" After all, we're all used to the news calling Portland a "war zone" or whatever when it's just some protests in one part of town.
January 22, 2026 at 3:58 AM
I came to Minneapolis to report on what's going on, and one of the main questions I showed up with is "just what is the scale of the resistance?" After all, we're all used to the news calling Portland a "war zone" or whatever when it's just some protests in one part of town.
Both completely unsurprising and completely unacceptable. The trans women (and other trans people) I know feel the same. They're just trying to live a normal life - maintain jobs, friends, families, leaving the house - and the last ~decade's vendetta against trans women is doing incalculable harm.
The New World asked me to speak to some British trans women about what life has been like for them over the past few years - here's what they had to say, in their own words: www.thenewworld.co.uk/marie-le-con...
January 21, 2026 at 11:07 AM
Both completely unsurprising and completely unacceptable. The trans women (and other trans people) I know feel the same. They're just trying to live a normal life - maintain jobs, friends, families, leaving the house - and the last ~decade's vendetta against trans women is doing incalculable harm.
Reposting this again - there are still two weeks of the consultation. They will all be read and considered, so if you have thoughts, please do contribute (and share widely off-sky!) There are significant conservative voices in the diocese who will be speaking up - let the reader understand.
If you live or work in Oxford diocese (that means Berkshire, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire) then please fill in this questionnaire about what you’d like to see in the next bishop: oxford.anglican.org/consultation
Consultation - Diocese of Oxford
Anyone living, working or worshipping in the diocese can contribute their views on who should be our next Bishop of Oxford.
oxford.anglican.org
January 20, 2026 at 11:18 AM
Reposting this again - there are still two weeks of the consultation. They will all be read and considered, so if you have thoughts, please do contribute (and share widely off-sky!) There are significant conservative voices in the diocese who will be speaking up - let the reader understand.
I know how problematic Queer Eye is but it still makes me cry every time. Also Tan 💔 the KINDEST and the WISEST.
January 18, 2026 at 8:43 PM
I know how problematic Queer Eye is but it still makes me cry every time. Also Tan 💔 the KINDEST and the WISEST.
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The FT got is architecture critic Edwin Heathcote to write about data centres and it's wonderful. www.ft.com/content/7692...
January 14, 2026 at 7:09 AM
The FT got is architecture critic Edwin Heathcote to write about data centres and it's wonderful. www.ft.com/content/7692...
#nicheCofEskeet: does anyone know where I can get a copy of the General Synod papers that established Common Worship - The Worship of the Church as it Approaches the Third Millennium from 1991, and a set from 1994? They don't seem to be online any more.
January 12, 2026 at 4:43 PM
#nicheCofEskeet: does anyone know where I can get a copy of the General Synod papers that established Common Worship - The Worship of the Church as it Approaches the Third Millennium from 1991, and a set from 1994? They don't seem to be online any more.
'[The BBC] doesn't have to treat truth and falsehood as equally valid.'
Write this on the lintel of Broadcasting House!
Write this on the lintel of Broadcasting House!
I understand the pressures on the BBC, but Radio 4's coverage of the Minneapolis shooting is an example of "bad balance".
It's all "the Trump regime says she was a terrorist, but Democrats say it was murder".
The BBC has the footage. It doesn't have to treat truth and falsehood as equally valid.
It's all "the Trump regime says she was a terrorist, but Democrats say it was murder".
The BBC has the footage. It doesn't have to treat truth and falsehood as equally valid.
January 10, 2026 at 8:36 AM
'[The BBC] doesn't have to treat truth and falsehood as equally valid.'
Write this on the lintel of Broadcasting House!
Write this on the lintel of Broadcasting House!
Reposted by Phil White
If you live or work in Oxford diocese (that means Berkshire, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire) then please fill in this questionnaire about what you’d like to see in the next bishop: oxford.anglican.org/consultation
Consultation - Diocese of Oxford
Anyone living, working or worshipping in the diocese can contribute their views on who should be our next Bishop of Oxford.
oxford.anglican.org
January 10, 2026 at 8:02 AM
If you live or work in Oxford diocese (that means Berkshire, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire) then please fill in this questionnaire about what you’d like to see in the next bishop: oxford.anglican.org/consultation
I love this image.
For Epiphany, this glorious 1966 illustration of the Three Kings by the great Eyvind Earle (1916 - 2000), best remembered for his enormous contribution to Disney Animation's visual style during the 1950s, particularly Sleeping Beauty (1959).
January 6, 2026 at 9:44 PM
I love this image.
Here begins a thread of micro-reviews of every book I read in 2026. Because the world is pretty rubbish and reading is better than doomscrolling. Also because I should read more than crime/ romance/ YA (safe genres where Good Guys Don't Die) and I won't without needing to own up to what I read. 📚🧵
January 3, 2026 at 8:18 PM
Here begins a thread of micro-reviews of every book I read in 2026. Because the world is pretty rubbish and reading is better than doomscrolling. Also because I should read more than crime/ romance/ YA (safe genres where Good Guys Don't Die) and I won't without needing to own up to what I read. 📚🧵
Goodbye 2025. A year with significant endings - working at Christ Church, being a precentor, living in Vicarage Road - and some new beginnings - new job, new house, acquiring a brother in law. Much achieved, not least all four of us remaining broadly sane, healthy and happy. Much to give thanks for.
December 31, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Goodbye 2025. A year with significant endings - working at Christ Church, being a precentor, living in Vicarage Road - and some new beginnings - new job, new house, acquiring a brother in law. Much achieved, not least all four of us remaining broadly sane, healthy and happy. Much to give thanks for.
I LOVED this and its two sequels. Timely, insightful, clever, and unputdownable. Bleak without being hopeless, sometimes very funny, excellent characters, all around cracking reads.
(I realise most of you aren't in the US, but if you are, grab it, and if you're not, it's worth full price imo)
(I realise most of you aren't in the US, but if you are, grab it, and if you're not, it's worth full price imo)
Farthing, my alternate history mystery novel about why good people do bad things is $1.99 as an ebook right now in the US www.amazon.com/Farthing-Sto...
Farthing: A Story of a World that Could Have Been (Small Change Book 1)
Farthing: A Story of a World that Could Have Been (Small Change Book 1) - Kindle edition by Walton, Jo. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Farthing: A Story of a World that Could Have Been (Small Change Book 1).
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December 28, 2025 at 8:07 PM
I LOVED this and its two sequels. Timely, insightful, clever, and unputdownable. Bleak without being hopeless, sometimes very funny, excellent characters, all around cracking reads.
(I realise most of you aren't in the US, but if you are, grab it, and if you're not, it's worth full price imo)
(I realise most of you aren't in the US, but if you are, grab it, and if you're not, it's worth full price imo)
'Conservatives' so conservative the King is woke 🤝 Catholics so Catholic the Pope is wrong.
Give it a rest, Reform.
Give it a rest, Reform.
"Give it a rest" posted podcaster Connor Tomlinson at 3.15pm on Christmas Day about the King's message
Tomlinson advocates bamning all British citizens who are Jewish, Muslim, Hindu, Sikh or Buddhist from parliament & civil service, along with ethnic minorities who lack white British ancestors.
Tomlinson advocates bamning all British citizens who are Jewish, Muslim, Hindu, Sikh or Buddhist from parliament & civil service, along with ethnic minorities who lack white British ancestors.
December 26, 2025 at 10:36 AM
'Conservatives' so conservative the King is woke 🤝 Catholics so Catholic the Pope is wrong.
Give it a rest, Reform.
Give it a rest, Reform.
Happy Christmas all! #ClergyMaltClub
December 25, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Happy Christmas all! #ClergyMaltClub
The upside of not being precentor is that I can have festive nails. (The downside is not being precentor. Not used to Christmas without 36 lessons and carols.)
December 23, 2025 at 10:22 PM
The upside of not being precentor is that I can have festive nails. (The downside is not being precentor. Not used to Christmas without 36 lessons and carols.)
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Did medieval people buy each other Christmas gifts? New Year's Day was the main gifting day, but little is known about everyday people's present giving. Our project on London's customs records has uncovered a wealth of affordable items imported around this time: gloves and hats to toys and rattles🧵
Medieval Londoners’ cheaply imported mass-produced Christmas gifts look surprisingly familiar
We often imagine medieval life as dull, dirty and short, with little in the way of material comfort or decoration. However, medieval Londoners were importing toys, treats and trinkets by the boatload ...
theconversation.com
December 22, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Did medieval people buy each other Christmas gifts? New Year's Day was the main gifting day, but little is known about everyday people's present giving. Our project on London's customs records has uncovered a wealth of affordable items imported around this time: gloves and hats to toys and rattles🧵
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OPTIONAL: in some medieval use/ the BCP, the antiphons start a day earlier to make room for this one at the end:
December 23b - O Virgo Virginum
O Virgin blest, no tongue can tell
The myst'ry of Emmanuel
Amongst all women peerless, thou
Brought hope to earth, we know not how.
December 23b - O Virgo Virginum
O Virgin blest, no tongue can tell
The myst'ry of Emmanuel
Amongst all women peerless, thou
Brought hope to earth, we know not how.
December 16, 2025 at 11:07 PM
OPTIONAL: in some medieval use/ the BCP, the antiphons start a day earlier to make room for this one at the end:
December 23b - O Virgo Virginum
O Virgin blest, no tongue can tell
The myst'ry of Emmanuel
Amongst all women peerless, thou
Brought hope to earth, we know not how.
December 23b - O Virgo Virginum
O Virgin blest, no tongue can tell
The myst'ry of Emmanuel
Amongst all women peerless, thou
Brought hope to earth, we know not how.
Reposted by Phil White
December 23 - O Emmanuel
O God with us, Emmanuel,
Come to this aching world to dwell
Our hope, our life, our strength, our stay
Come now, come soon, come Child, come Day.
O God with us, Emmanuel,
Come to this aching world to dwell
Our hope, our life, our strength, our stay
Come now, come soon, come Child, come Day.
December 16, 2025 at 10:45 PM
December 23 - O Emmanuel
O God with us, Emmanuel,
Come to this aching world to dwell
Our hope, our life, our strength, our stay
Come now, come soon, come Child, come Day.
O God with us, Emmanuel,
Come to this aching world to dwell
Our hope, our life, our strength, our stay
Come now, come soon, come Child, come Day.
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December 22 - O Rex gentium
O King of Nations, our Desire
Maker of souls, Creation’s fire
O Cornerstone of Unity
Save thy creation, make us free
O King of Nations, our Desire
Maker of souls, Creation’s fire
O Cornerstone of Unity
Save thy creation, make us free
December 16, 2025 at 10:44 PM
December 22 - O Rex gentium
O King of Nations, our Desire
Maker of souls, Creation’s fire
O Cornerstone of Unity
Save thy creation, make us free
O King of Nations, our Desire
Maker of souls, Creation’s fire
O Cornerstone of Unity
Save thy creation, make us free
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December 21 - O Oriens
O Morning Star, O Light of Light,
O Sun, O Justice, Splendour bright,
O bring thy Day to dawn afresh
O come to all who dwell in death.
O Morning Star, O Light of Light,
O Sun, O Justice, Splendour bright,
O bring thy Day to dawn afresh
O come to all who dwell in death.
December 16, 2025 at 10:40 PM
December 21 - O Oriens
O Morning Star, O Light of Light,
O Sun, O Justice, Splendour bright,
O bring thy Day to dawn afresh
O come to all who dwell in death.
O Morning Star, O Light of Light,
O Sun, O Justice, Splendour bright,
O bring thy Day to dawn afresh
O come to all who dwell in death.
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December 20 - O clavis David
O Key of David, open wide
The prison, loose the bonds inside,
Thine opened door no hand can lock -
O free thy helpless, waiting flock.
O Key of David, open wide
The prison, loose the bonds inside,
Thine opened door no hand can lock -
O free thy helpless, waiting flock.
December 16, 2025 at 10:38 PM
December 20 - O clavis David
O Key of David, open wide
The prison, loose the bonds inside,
Thine opened door no hand can lock -
O free thy helpless, waiting flock.
O Key of David, open wide
The prison, loose the bonds inside,
Thine opened door no hand can lock -
O free thy helpless, waiting flock.
Reposted by Phil White
December 19 - O radix Jesse
O Root of Jesse, standing proud,
A sign to make kings weep aloud
To whom the nations humbly pray:
O come, O save, do not delay.
O Root of Jesse, standing proud,
A sign to make kings weep aloud
To whom the nations humbly pray:
O come, O save, do not delay.
December 16, 2025 at 10:33 PM
December 19 - O radix Jesse
O Root of Jesse, standing proud,
A sign to make kings weep aloud
To whom the nations humbly pray:
O come, O save, do not delay.
O Root of Jesse, standing proud,
A sign to make kings weep aloud
To whom the nations humbly pray:
O come, O save, do not delay.
Reposted by Phil White
December 18 - O Adonai
O Adonai, the Holy Name,
Revealed to Moses in the flame
O Law-giver, O Israel’s Balm,
O save us, Lord, stretch out thine arm!
O Adonai, the Holy Name,
Revealed to Moses in the flame
O Law-giver, O Israel’s Balm,
O save us, Lord, stretch out thine arm!
December 16, 2025 at 10:32 PM
December 18 - O Adonai
O Adonai, the Holy Name,
Revealed to Moses in the flame
O Law-giver, O Israel’s Balm,
O save us, Lord, stretch out thine arm!
O Adonai, the Holy Name,
Revealed to Moses in the flame
O Law-giver, O Israel’s Balm,
O save us, Lord, stretch out thine arm!
Reposted by Phil White
Alice has now seen “Wake Up Dead Man” which means now I can talk about “Wake Up Dead Man” as approximately one million of you have asked me to do. intermittent live-blog in the quoted thread. gay Catholic musings below:
Alice is finally watching “Wake Up Dead Man” and we are having a great time
December 16, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Alice has now seen “Wake Up Dead Man” which means now I can talk about “Wake Up Dead Man” as approximately one million of you have asked me to do. intermittent live-blog in the quoted thread. gay Catholic musings below: