Mark the Herald Angels Sing Walley
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Vicar, Middlesbrough
Middlesbrough Council will get an extra *checks notes* £2,500 from the mansion tax. www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teessid... (that's if the money goes straight to council, which hasn't been confirmed yet I don' think).
One property in Middlesbrough meets new 'mansion tax' threshold
The mansion, in the south of Middlesbrough, is estimated to be worth £2.4m
www.gazettelive.co.uk
December 11, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Middlesbrough Council will get an extra *checks notes* £2,500 from the mansion tax. www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teessid... (that's if the money goes straight to council, which hasn't been confirmed yet I don' think).
Your annual reminder, that this is the best piece of Christmas music composed since Mendelssohn put music to Hark the Herald. www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJyk...
The Oh Hellos: NPR Music Holiday Tiny Desk Concert
YouTube video by NPR Music
www.youtube.com
December 11, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Your annual reminder, that this is the best piece of Christmas music composed since Mendelssohn put music to Hark the Herald. www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJyk...
@danny-webster.bsky.social has written something good about the Tommy Robinson Carol Service. dannypwebster.substack.com/p/has-christ...
Has Christ been taken out of Christmas?
And is Tommy Robinson the person to put it back?
dannypwebster.substack.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:12 PM
@danny-webster.bsky.social has written something good about the Tommy Robinson Carol Service. dannypwebster.substack.com/p/has-christ...
My favourite theological work of advent so far.
November 30, 2025 at 6:41 PM
My favourite theological work of advent so far.
UTB!
November 29, 2025 at 5:29 PM
UTB!
Me reading this after the Archbishop admitted at synod that he gave up social media 3 years ago
November 29, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Me reading this after the Archbishop admitted at synod that he gave up social media 3 years ago
Does anyone else think Black Friday has become too commercialised lately?
November 28, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Does anyone else think Black Friday has become too commercialised lately?
Think my dahlia’s may be done for the year
November 21, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Think my dahlia’s may be done for the year
Got a spare hour to kill before you train from Newcastle Central Station? Why not read through Barth’s Dogmatics at the Lit&Phil just round the corner?
November 13, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Got a spare hour to kill before you train from Newcastle Central Station? Why not read through Barth’s Dogmatics at the Lit&Phil just round the corner?
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Please watch & more importantly share this very cheeky, rather urgent request for £15k (ideally in one lump sum!)
I'm only on Bluesky so if anyone can post on any other social platforms that would be hugely appreciated @churchofengland.org @dioceseofyork.bsky.social @churchtimes.bsky.social Thanks🙏
I'm only on Bluesky so if anyone can post on any other social platforms that would be hugely appreciated @churchofengland.org @dioceseofyork.bsky.social @churchtimes.bsky.social Thanks🙏
November 8, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Please watch & more importantly share this very cheeky, rather urgent request for £15k (ideally in one lump sum!)
I'm only on Bluesky so if anyone can post on any other social platforms that would be hugely appreciated @churchofengland.org @dioceseofyork.bsky.social @churchtimes.bsky.social Thanks🙏
I'm only on Bluesky so if anyone can post on any other social platforms that would be hugely appreciated @churchofengland.org @dioceseofyork.bsky.social @churchtimes.bsky.social Thanks🙏
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The Rt Revd Barry Hill, Bishop of Whitby, writes in today's Church Times on the challenges - and deep joys - of walking alongside communities in Middlesbrough, where deprivation meets faith and hope:
Deprived areas need labourers
The challenges are significant, but they are outweighed by the blessings, says Barry Hill
www.churchtimes.co.uk
November 7, 2025 at 3:05 PM
The Rt Revd Barry Hill, Bishop of Whitby, writes in today's Church Times on the challenges - and deep joys - of walking alongside communities in Middlesbrough, where deprivation meets faith and hope:
Wikipedia is obviously great, but its rare dry sense of humour is under-rated.
November 1, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Wikipedia is obviously great, but its rare dry sense of humour is under-rated.
Happy Reformation Day! May your beer be strong, your Bible in your own language, and your righteousness imputed to you as a free gift on no basis of any of your works.
October 31, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Happy Reformation Day! May your beer be strong, your Bible in your own language, and your righteousness imputed to you as a free gift on no basis of any of your works.
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Today is Reformation Day in parts of 🇩🇪.
In 1517 theologian Martin Luther is said to have nailed his theses to the doors of Wittenberg Church. This is considered the start of Protestantism.
The 500th anniversary of Reformation in 2017 was marked with a Playmobil figure of Luther.
In 1517 theologian Martin Luther is said to have nailed his theses to the doors of Wittenberg Church. This is considered the start of Protestantism.
The 500th anniversary of Reformation in 2017 was marked with a Playmobil figure of Luther.
October 31, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Today is Reformation Day in parts of 🇩🇪.
In 1517 theologian Martin Luther is said to have nailed his theses to the doors of Wittenberg Church. This is considered the start of Protestantism.
The 500th anniversary of Reformation in 2017 was marked with a Playmobil figure of Luther.
In 1517 theologian Martin Luther is said to have nailed his theses to the doors of Wittenberg Church. This is considered the start of Protestantism.
The 500th anniversary of Reformation in 2017 was marked with a Playmobil figure of Luther.
The new British Transport Police tannoy advert says “See it, Say it, We Will Sort It.”
Madness
Madness
October 28, 2025 at 3:41 PM
The new British Transport Police tannoy advert says “See it, Say it, We Will Sort It.”
Madness
Madness
Had a couple of hours between the school run and first job of the day so took the dog up on the moors.
October 21, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Had a couple of hours between the school run and first job of the day so took the dog up on the moors.
@bishopbarry.bsky.social what’s one of your favourite Bible verses? Ideally a short one that a child could read out
(It’s for a Sunday service where the church is sharing favourite verses to encourage each other)
(It’s for a Sunday service where the church is sharing favourite verses to encourage each other)
October 21, 2025 at 11:46 AM
@bishopbarry.bsky.social what’s one of your favourite Bible verses? Ideally a short one that a child could read out
(It’s for a Sunday service where the church is sharing favourite verses to encourage each other)
(It’s for a Sunday service where the church is sharing favourite verses to encourage each other)
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I think this is the weirdest story I've ever reported. www.londoncentric.media/p/terry-ball...
The snail farmer of London, his mafia friends, and a £20m vendetta against the taxman
Terry Ball runs elaborate mollusc-based tax avoidance schemes that are costing London councils millions of pounds. Yet when London Centric tracks him down, an even stranger story emerges.
www.londoncentric.media
October 18, 2025 at 6:00 AM
I think this is the weirdest story I've ever reported. www.londoncentric.media/p/terry-ball...
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I've been covering this story for the last three years and it's so frustrating how little people seem to care given the scale of what's happened at Teesworks.
This report is superb, and lays it all out. It covers eight pages, but could easily cover more.
I really recommend this.
This report is superb, and lays it all out. It covers eight pages, but could easily cover more.
I really recommend this.
It certainly could, as our eight-page SPECIAL REPORT sets out in full, financially unsound detail in the new Private Eye, out now.
🧵3/3
🧵3/3
October 16, 2025 at 5:00 PM
I've been covering this story for the last three years and it's so frustrating how little people seem to care given the scale of what's happened at Teesworks.
This report is superb, and lays it all out. It covers eight pages, but could easily cover more.
I really recommend this.
This report is superb, and lays it all out. It covers eight pages, but could easily cover more.
I really recommend this.
When a new vicars asks whether the family service can be moved from the third Sunday of the month.
a date which is fixed in accordance with an ancient ecclesiastical computation
October 8, 2025 at 6:00 AM
When a new vicars asks whether the family service can be moved from the third Sunday of the month.
Me, opening the fridge every 30 minutes despite not being hungry and knowing nothing is in it.
we have no power of ourselves to help ourselves
October 3, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Me, opening the fridge every 30 minutes despite not being hungry and knowing nothing is in it.
This is a truly excellent gag that i worry will be taken out of context on the internet and used as fire for stupid conspiracy theories
Very good stuff from Sadiq Khan at the Labour Irish society event. He said there are two reasons he loves coming to Labour Conference.
“One is the reception at the Labour Party Irish Society reception.
“The second is to get away from all the Sharia Law in London”
“One is the reception at the Labour Party Irish Society reception.
“The second is to get away from all the Sharia Law in London”
September 30, 2025 at 5:02 PM
This is a truly excellent gag that i worry will be taken out of context on the internet and used as fire for stupid conspiracy theories
In the Lakes for the weekend and walked past the 13 Valleys Lakes Ultra race. 180km and about 7km height. This guy Barney Plummer is about to do it in 24 hours. live.opentracking.co.uk/13valleys25/
Live Tracking
13 Valleys Ultra 2025 - Live Event Tracking
live.opentracking.co.uk
September 27, 2025 at 4:18 PM
In the Lakes for the weekend and walked past the 13 Valleys Lakes Ultra race. 180km and about 7km height. This guy Barney Plummer is about to do it in 24 hours. live.opentracking.co.uk/13valleys25/
Bit of a walk.
September 26, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Bit of a walk.