Peter Kershaw
@notthatelderpeter.bsky.social
Scot, high Presbyterian: interested in Scottish ecclesiastical history. Volunteer/trustee for www.powis.scot, cataloguing ecclesiastical buildings and sites in Scotland. Views my own.
If only the UK Labour Party sounded like this instead of sometimes sounding like a weak echo of Reform.
December 12, 2025 at 9:52 AM
If only the UK Labour Party sounded like this instead of sometimes sounding like a weak echo of Reform.
Reposted by Peter Kershaw
The new mobile-friendly version of our festive coutdown, featuring some amazing York-in-winter resources including archival footage of the City, now has 10 virtual advent-calendar-style doors to open!
Have a look here:
xerte.york.ac.uk/play.php?tem...
Have a look here:
xerte.york.ac.uk/play.php?tem...
Library Countdown to the Winter Vacation
xerte.york.ac.uk
December 10, 2025 at 4:43 PM
The new mobile-friendly version of our festive coutdown, featuring some amazing York-in-winter resources including archival footage of the City, now has 10 virtual advent-calendar-style doors to open!
Have a look here:
xerte.york.ac.uk/play.php?tem...
Have a look here:
xerte.york.ac.uk/play.php?tem...
Reposted by Peter Kershaw
A friend saw this on Twitter/X. When he shared it on his Facebook page, he commented, "But let’s not kid ourselves that this stuff is just many miles away. Hard hearted attitudes to speaking other languages in Glasgow and hotels in Falkirk may lead us here in the future 😢"
December 10, 2025 at 7:32 AM
A friend saw this on Twitter/X. When he shared it on his Facebook page, he commented, "But let’s not kid ourselves that this stuff is just many miles away. Hard hearted attitudes to speaking other languages in Glasgow and hotels in Falkirk may lead us here in the future 😢"
A classic bully's response. The only excuse missing from this farrago is "A big boy did it and ran away"
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Farage turns on broadcasters over racism allegations as number of claims hits 28
Reform leader suggests he would boycott BBC, saying he has had letter from Dulwich pupils defending him
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 8:19 PM
A classic bully's response. The only excuse missing from this farrago is "A big boy did it and ran away"
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Tesco have just sent out an email with a section advertising "Christmas free from food"... Sounds like a recipe for family disharmony!
November 27, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Tesco have just sent out an email with a section advertising "Christmas free from food"... Sounds like a recipe for family disharmony!
Happy Lancashire Day! - a picture from "Real Lancashire" - you can change the admin are but not the county boundaries! Furness is "Lancashire beyond the sands".
November 27, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Happy Lancashire Day! - a picture from "Real Lancashire" - you can change the admin are but not the county boundaries! Furness is "Lancashire beyond the sands".
It struck me when watching an excerpt from Farage's interview last night that "I didn't mean it like that" is the classic response of the school bully in front of a teacher.
November 25, 2025 at 9:21 AM
It struck me when watching an excerpt from Farage's interview last night that "I didn't mean it like that" is the classic response of the school bully in front of a teacher.
A lovely essay on the power of libraries in fiction.
October 7, 2025 at 1:58 PM
A lovely essay on the power of libraries in fiction.
To Shap Abbey this afternoon: if you wanted to demonstrate how the buildings and outbuildings in an abbey related to each other this would be an ideal place to go. The abbey was obviously not rich enough to add extra buildings or alter the original plan.
September 29, 2025 at 7:10 PM
To Shap Abbey this afternoon: if you wanted to demonstrate how the buildings and outbuildings in an abbey related to each other this would be an ideal place to go. The abbey was obviously not rich enough to add extra buildings or alter the original plan.
Reposted by Peter Kershaw
It's Saturday night, so I'm sure you all have the same exciting plan in mind: reading a blog post about Glasgow's 1850s cludgie war.
new-cleckit.dominie.scot/the-cludgie-...
new-cleckit.dominie.scot/the-cludgie-...
September 27, 2025 at 6:49 PM
It's Saturday night, so I'm sure you all have the same exciting plan in mind: reading a blog post about Glasgow's 1850s cludgie war.
new-cleckit.dominie.scot/the-cludgie-...
new-cleckit.dominie.scot/the-cludgie-...
A chilly wind this morning, and a very welcome door
September 27, 2025 at 9:29 AM
A chilly wind this morning, and a very welcome door
Reposted by Peter Kershaw
A Prayer for the Holy Land 🙏
This prayer was written by the Archbishop of Jerusalem, Hosam Naoum, for today's ecumenical Day of Prayer for Peace.
Find out more at cofe.io/PrayForPeace.
This prayer was written by the Archbishop of Jerusalem, Hosam Naoum, for today's ecumenical Day of Prayer for Peace.
Find out more at cofe.io/PrayForPeace.
September 21, 2025 at 6:30 AM
A Prayer for the Holy Land 🙏
This prayer was written by the Archbishop of Jerusalem, Hosam Naoum, for today's ecumenical Day of Prayer for Peace.
Find out more at cofe.io/PrayForPeace.
This prayer was written by the Archbishop of Jerusalem, Hosam Naoum, for today's ecumenical Day of Prayer for Peace.
Find out more at cofe.io/PrayForPeace.
Reposted by Peter Kershaw
Our flag does not belong to one creed or to one race. It belongs to one people, the British people.
We will not let our flag be used to intimidate.
We will not let our flag be used to intimidate.
September 20, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Our flag does not belong to one creed or to one race. It belongs to one people, the British people.
We will not let our flag be used to intimidate.
We will not let our flag be used to intimidate.
Reposted by Peter Kershaw
A reminder that if you’re in the UK, you can directly support Palestinian farmers and manufacturers by buying @zaytouncic.bsky.social Fairtrade/fairly traded olive oil, freekeh, almonds, maftoul, soap, za’atar, dates - from most Oxfam shops or the Zaytoun website: zaytoun.uk/products/
Products - Zaytoun
zaytoun.uk
September 11, 2025 at 8:07 AM
A reminder that if you’re in the UK, you can directly support Palestinian farmers and manufacturers by buying @zaytouncic.bsky.social Fairtrade/fairly traded olive oil, freekeh, almonds, maftoul, soap, za’atar, dates - from most Oxfam shops or the Zaytoun website: zaytoun.uk/products/
The light on Blackness Castle was almost enough to make you forget its history as a prison
September 15, 2025 at 6:43 PM
The light on Blackness Castle was almost enough to make you forget its history as a prison
A fascinating ramble round IQ tests and AI
In my latest newsletter I look at the shared failings of AI hallucinations and traditional intelligence tests, drawing on recent research.
It’s a literal ramble of a post, with sidetracks to talk about Hayek and @drfrancisyoung.bsky.social (hope you don’t mind.)
open.substack.com/pub/creative...
It’s a literal ramble of a post, with sidetracks to talk about Hayek and @drfrancisyoung.bsky.social (hope you don’t mind.)
open.substack.com/pub/creative...
A walk with uncertainty
Come for a walk with me.
open.substack.com
September 8, 2025 at 8:22 AM
A fascinating ramble round IQ tests and AI
Just hope the rest of the season is not like the last time we beat HSV in the Bundesliga!
August 29, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Just hope the rest of the season is not like the last time we beat HSV in the Bundesliga!
Church closures are really not a new development (although this one is in England not Scotland). This 1906 Primitive Methodist chapel was apparently sold to the Church of Christ in 1925, but is now derelict. The original building (date stamped 1906) wrapped round behind the shop on the right.
August 23, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Church closures are really not a new development (although this one is in England not Scotland). This 1906 Primitive Methodist chapel was apparently sold to the Church of Christ in 1925, but is now derelict. The original building (date stamped 1906) wrapped round behind the shop on the right.
A visit to the wonderful Song School at St Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh. An example of how Phoebe Anna Traquair illustrated the Benedicite on a mural surrounding the space. The influence of the Arts and Crafts movement and William Blake is clear.
August 12, 2025 at 4:33 PM
A visit to the wonderful Song School at St Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh. An example of how Phoebe Anna Traquair illustrated the Benedicite on a mural surrounding the space. The influence of the Arts and Crafts movement and William Blake is clear.
Reposted by Peter Kershaw
Haha! It worked!
I scoped out the angle this morning and figured I’d be very lucky to pull it off, but it was surely worth a try, eh?
#Edinburgh #RedArrows #Photography
I scoped out the angle this morning and figured I’d be very lucky to pull it off, but it was surely worth a try, eh?
#Edinburgh #RedArrows #Photography
August 9, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Haha! It worked!
I scoped out the angle this morning and figured I’d be very lucky to pull it off, but it was surely worth a try, eh?
#Edinburgh #RedArrows #Photography
I scoped out the angle this morning and figured I’d be very lucky to pull it off, but it was surely worth a try, eh?
#Edinburgh #RedArrows #Photography
After Floris, a rainbow
August 4, 2025 at 8:36 PM
After Floris, a rainbow
The important sentence in the IWC report is surely "The Commission recognises that, until more recently, Ofwat was encouraged by the government to scale back its oversight of the sector, that it has paid closer attention to these issues in recent years"
July 21, 2025 at 8:27 AM
The important sentence in the IWC report is surely "The Commission recognises that, until more recently, Ofwat was encouraged by the government to scale back its oversight of the sector, that it has paid closer attention to these issues in recent years"
Reposted by Peter Kershaw
The Met Office had the local weather forecast spot on this morning - rain at 11, it said, and the first drops fell at 10.55 #metoffice
July 19, 2025 at 10:28 AM
The Met Office had the local weather forecast spot on this morning - rain at 11, it said, and the first drops fell at 10.55 #metoffice