Rachel Mann
@revrachelmann.bsky.social
Priest. Poet. Writer. Broadcaster. Trans. Tired. Disabled. Autistic. (Private Passions: Military History, Austen, Golden Age Detective Fiction) T.S. Eliot Prize Shortlisted 2024
Archdeacon of Salford & Bolton
16 books. www.rachelmann.co.uk
Archdeacon of Salford & Bolton
16 books. www.rachelmann.co.uk
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It’s not a stretch to say that during the First World War, the Canadian Corps established itself as the “elite fighting force of the British Empire.”
It was also composed, sometimes, of dudes in dresses!
It was also composed, sometimes, of dudes in dresses!
February 10, 2026 at 2:19 PM
It’s not a stretch to say that during the First World War, the Canadian Corps established itself as the “elite fighting force of the British Empire.”
It was also composed, sometimes, of dudes in dresses!
It was also composed, sometimes, of dudes in dresses!
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"I know thee not, old man"
bit of culture for your Tuesday morning
bit of culture for your Tuesday morning
February 10, 2026 at 9:22 AM
"I know thee not, old man"
bit of culture for your Tuesday morning
bit of culture for your Tuesday morning
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Something compelled me to make this
February 10, 2026 at 10:57 AM
Something compelled me to make this
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Seven out of the last ten UK PMs went to Oxford and with all due respect to its old grey stones that hasn’t exactly been a golden generation. Perhaps it’s time to give Bangor a chance.
February 10, 2026 at 12:00 PM
Seven out of the last ten UK PMs went to Oxford and with all due respect to its old grey stones that hasn’t exactly been a golden generation. Perhaps it’s time to give Bangor a chance.
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Plans to invade Greenland have just been cancelled after this
February 9, 2026 at 6:42 AM
Plans to invade Greenland have just been cancelled after this
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the use of performance enhancing drugs by olympic athletes is getting out of hand
February 9, 2026 at 9:00 PM
the use of performance enhancing drugs by olympic athletes is getting out of hand
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Welcome to the Connecting Wall. 4 groups of 4 words are hidden in the grid. Each day a new wall. Send me your 4 groups plus a connection for each group. This is just for fun!
There's no time limit but solutions will be revealed 6pm (UK time) each day. THERE ARE NO PRIZES!
Here is grid No.104.
There's no time limit but solutions will be revealed 6pm (UK time) each day. THERE ARE NO PRIZES!
Here is grid No.104.
February 10, 2026 at 5:34 AM
Welcome to the Connecting Wall. 4 groups of 4 words are hidden in the grid. Each day a new wall. Send me your 4 groups plus a connection for each group. This is just for fun!
There's no time limit but solutions will be revealed 6pm (UK time) each day. THERE ARE NO PRIZES!
Here is grid No.104.
There's no time limit but solutions will be revealed 6pm (UK time) each day. THERE ARE NO PRIZES!
Here is grid No.104.
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Look all I'm saying is we've tried chaos *without* Ed Miliband
February 9, 2026 at 2:51 PM
Look all I'm saying is we've tried chaos *without* Ed Miliband
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Clearly people of colour are more at risk from ICE, but I do think it’s worth noting that white immigrants aren’t safe either.
And here is my story: ‘Absolute hell’: Irishman with valid US work permit held by Ice since September
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
‘Absolute hell’: Irishman with valid US work permit held by Ice since September
Seamus Culleton has been in a detention facility in Texas for nearly five months despite having no criminal record
www.irishtimes.com
February 9, 2026 at 1:02 PM
Clearly people of colour are more at risk from ICE, but I do think it’s worth noting that white immigrants aren’t safe either.
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Welcome to the Connecting Wall. 4 groups of 4 words are hidden in the grid. Each day a new wall. Send me your 4 groups plus a connection for each group. This is just for fun!
There's no time limit but solutions will be revealed 6pm (UK time) each day. THERE ARE NO PRIZES!
Here is grid No.103.
There's no time limit but solutions will be revealed 6pm (UK time) each day. THERE ARE NO PRIZES!
Here is grid No.103.
February 9, 2026 at 4:57 AM
Welcome to the Connecting Wall. 4 groups of 4 words are hidden in the grid. Each day a new wall. Send me your 4 groups plus a connection for each group. This is just for fun!
There's no time limit but solutions will be revealed 6pm (UK time) each day. THERE ARE NO PRIZES!
Here is grid No.103.
There's no time limit but solutions will be revealed 6pm (UK time) each day. THERE ARE NO PRIZES!
Here is grid No.103.
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Long overdue but still great to see!
Marc Bloch, historien et résistant juif, entrera au Panthéon le 23 juin
Marc Bloch, historien et résistant juif, entrera au Panthéon le 23 juin
La date du 16 juin avait été dans un premier temps pressentie pour son entrée au Panthéon, mais la cérémonie a dû être décalée de quelques jours en raison du G7 à Evian-les-Bains.
www.lemonde.fr
February 8, 2026 at 6:27 PM
Long overdue but still great to see!
The chopper is coming together … amazing kit … #HistScaleModels
February 8, 2026 at 4:44 PM
The chopper is coming together … amazing kit … #HistScaleModels
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Another plus point in the ‘olivia colman is cool’ column
Olivia Colman: 'I've always felt sort of nonbinary'
The actress discussed her feelings about gender in an interview promoting her latest film, Jimpa.
www.out.com
February 8, 2026 at 9:25 AM
Another plus point in the ‘olivia colman is cool’ column
Looking forward to joining Simone at 9am to talk all things Wicked and Lent on Radio Manchester:
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February 8, 2026 at 7:09 AM
Looking forward to joining Simone at 9am to talk all things Wicked and Lent on Radio Manchester:
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Lovely to have @jamesjhistory.bsky.social back with @lydiajane13.bsky.social on @nmtdambusters.bsky.social … James, here’s a Blenheim for you to encourage you to finish yours …
February 7, 2026 at 7:48 PM
Lovely to have @jamesjhistory.bsky.social back with @lydiajane13.bsky.social on @nmtdambusters.bsky.social … James, here’s a Blenheim for you to encourage you to finish yours …
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I've written a blog aimed at cis ppl, on the recent revelations of rising trans suicide rates since NHS England removed gender affirming care for u18s, in particular about my involvement with trying to seek the truth and the trauma the gaslighting by Appleby, Streeting, Cass and the media causes.
Trans youth suicide - the truth we've always known. What it means to me and what I've been doing about it.
Last week Queer AF broke a story that revealed the suicide rate in trans under eighteens is around fourteen times higher than you might expect from census data.As the parent of Alice a trans woman who...
www.carolinelitman.com
February 7, 2026 at 5:38 PM
I've written a blog aimed at cis ppl, on the recent revelations of rising trans suicide rates since NHS England removed gender affirming care for u18s, in particular about my involvement with trying to seek the truth and the trauma the gaslighting by Appleby, Streeting, Cass and the media causes.
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Thank you GLP for exposing Appleby’s report, a report the UK government repeatedly used to accuse trans people, and those that love them, of exaggerating and thereby ⬆️ the risk of suicide in trans people.
Removing health care ⬆️ risk. Abuse ⬆️ risk. Conversion practices ⬆️ risk. Gaslighting ⬆️ risk.
Removing health care ⬆️ risk. Abuse ⬆️ risk. Conversion practices ⬆️ risk. Gaslighting ⬆️ risk.
One of the wickedest things Wes Streeting has ever done is push politically convenient falsehoods about suicide rates amongst young trans people. We have new data from the National Child Mortality Database that exposes the truth he tried to cover up.
New data shows surge in trans kids’ suicides following healthcare rollbacks | Good Law Project
A freedom of information request by Good Law Project has found that deaths by suicide of trans young people under 18 surged following the withdrawal of gender-affirming healthcare
goodlaw.social
February 7, 2026 at 11:25 AM
Thank you GLP for exposing Appleby’s report, a report the UK government repeatedly used to accuse trans people, and those that love them, of exaggerating and thereby ⬆️ the risk of suicide in trans people.
Removing health care ⬆️ risk. Abuse ⬆️ risk. Conversion practices ⬆️ risk. Gaslighting ⬆️ risk.
Removing health care ⬆️ risk. Abuse ⬆️ risk. Conversion practices ⬆️ risk. Gaslighting ⬆️ risk.
Lord, have mercy …
A freedom of information request by Good Law Project has found that deaths by suicide of trans young people under 18 surged following the withdrawal of gender-affirming healthcare 👇
https://goodlaw.social/kyob
https://goodlaw.social/kyob
New data shows surge in trans kids’ suicides following healthcare rollbacks | Good Law Project
A freedom of information request by Good Law Project has found that deaths by suicide of trans young people under 18 surged following the withdrawal of gender-affirming healthcare
goodlaw.social
February 7, 2026 at 11:44 AM
Lord, have mercy …
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Breaking: We have brought more than 140 feminist and LGBTQ+ organisations together to urge our politicians to act and protect inclusive spaces from expensive lawfare ⚖️
Read more in @the-independent.com:
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Read more in @the-independent.com:
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Protect inclusive spaces from gender-critical legal battles, Starmer told
Exclusive: Sir Keir Starmer and Bridget Phillipson have been urged by more than 140 feminist and LGBT+ organisations to protect trans-inclusive spaces
www.independent.co.uk
February 7, 2026 at 8:53 AM
Breaking: We have brought more than 140 feminist and LGBTQ+ organisations together to urge our politicians to act and protect inclusive spaces from expensive lawfare ⚖️
Read more in @the-independent.com:
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Read more in @the-independent.com:
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
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New on FT website:
Downing Street has refused to say whether Sir Keir Starmer knew Palantir was a client of Peter Mandelson’s lobbying firm when they both visited the company in Washington last February — ahead of it winning a £240mn UK government contract.
www.ft.com/content/5bba...
Downing Street has refused to say whether Sir Keir Starmer knew Palantir was a client of Peter Mandelson’s lobbying firm when they both visited the company in Washington last February — ahead of it winning a £240mn UK government contract.
www.ft.com/content/5bba...
Starmer faces questions over visit to Palantir office alongside Mandelson
Former ambassador was also shareholder in lobbying group that counted US tech firm as a client
www.ft.com
February 7, 2026 at 8:20 AM
New on FT website:
Downing Street has refused to say whether Sir Keir Starmer knew Palantir was a client of Peter Mandelson’s lobbying firm when they both visited the company in Washington last February — ahead of it winning a £240mn UK government contract.
www.ft.com/content/5bba...
Downing Street has refused to say whether Sir Keir Starmer knew Palantir was a client of Peter Mandelson’s lobbying firm when they both visited the company in Washington last February — ahead of it winning a £240mn UK government contract.
www.ft.com/content/5bba...
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Hey @thetimes.com what is ’racism’ - surely depicting the Obamas as monkeys is just old fashioned racism?
February 6, 2026 at 7:38 PM
Hey @thetimes.com what is ’racism’ - surely depicting the Obamas as monkeys is just old fashioned racism?
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No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology
She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.
www.nature.com
February 6, 2026 at 9:09 AM
No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Wonderful review of Gravity Defied … available to buy at all good book shops and all the terrible ones too …
#Lent #Wicked
#Lent #Wicked
@revrachelmann.bsky.social You’ve probably seen this already, but if not…
(And ta for the great read!)
(And ta for the great read!)
February 6, 2026 at 10:29 AM
I’ve not seen it! But George … thank you for the stellar review. I’m blown away.
@revrachelmann.bsky.social You’ve probably seen this already, but if not…
(And ta for the great read!)
(And ta for the great read!)
February 6, 2026 at 9:39 AM
I’ve not seen it! But George … thank you for the stellar review. I’m blown away.