Paul Bayes
@paulbayes.bsky.social
He/him. Gracehoper, widowed, father, grandfather, retired bishop, diminished and gone into the West.
Spotted in the wild! Available from your local bookshop, or via DLT (dartonlongmantodd.co.uk/titles/2414-...) or even Amazon 🙂.
September 24, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Spotted in the wild! Available from your local bookshop, or via DLT (dartonlongmantodd.co.uk/titles/2414-...) or even Amazon 🙂.
Well, here you go, friends. Some reflections on truth-telling, grief and uncertainty in fragmented times. You can get it via Amazon, or you may well prefer to order from your friendly local bookshop or directly from the publisher (dartonlongmantodd.co.uk/.../2414-978...) Thanks!
September 17, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Well, here you go, friends. Some reflections on truth-telling, grief and uncertainty in fragmented times. You can get it via Amazon, or you may well prefer to order from your friendly local bookshop or directly from the publisher (dartonlongmantodd.co.uk/.../2414-978...) Thanks!
I’m sorry to see that Nicholas Grimshaw has died. His architecture has enriched the world. It’s a privilege to live on the same street in Bath as this iconic piece.
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
September 16, 2025 at 7:36 PM
I’m sorry to see that Nicholas Grimshaw has died. His architecture has enriched the world. It’s a privilege to live on the same street in Bath as this iconic piece.
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
Coming out in a few months. Start saving up 😃
(For more check out dlted.substack.com/p/imagine)
(For more check out dlted.substack.com/p/imagine)
June 6, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Coming out in a few months. Start saving up 😃
(For more check out dlted.substack.com/p/imagine)
(For more check out dlted.substack.com/p/imagine)
At the newly rehung National Gallery, sitting with the finest depiction of innocence in Western art. “Christ mocked” by Hieronymus Bosch.
June 5, 2025 at 10:10 AM
At the newly rehung National Gallery, sitting with the finest depiction of innocence in Western art. “Christ mocked” by Hieronymus Bosch.
Rereading Theodore Zeldin's fine book "The French" (1983). Here's a cartoon that has not aged.
May 20, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Rereading Theodore Zeldin's fine book "The French" (1983). Here's a cartoon that has not aged.
From Ben Jennings of the Guardian. Accurate, and saddening.
May 13, 2025 at 11:48 AM
From Ben Jennings of the Guardian. Accurate, and saddening.
This, too, is a Christian voice.
April 23, 2025 at 7:57 PM
This, too, is a Christian voice.
A Pope Francis cartoon by Joe Heller. Wouldn't it be good to be remembered this way? www.ncronline.org/files/styles...
April 22, 2025 at 6:27 PM
A Pope Francis cartoon by Joe Heller. Wouldn't it be good to be remembered this way? www.ncronline.org/files/styles...
After a difficult couple of weeks it was good to attend Bath Quaker meeting and to sit with Friends in the gathered silence. A spacious gift, gratefully received.
March 23, 2025 at 12:37 PM
After a difficult couple of weeks it was good to attend Bath Quaker meeting and to sit with Friends in the gathered silence. A spacious gift, gratefully received.
Rachel Held Evans RIP. Not alone.
March 5, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Rachel Held Evans RIP. Not alone.
Courage calls to courage everywhere.
February 28, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Courage calls to courage everywhere.
Truth matters. That we should hold fast to truth (not “my truth”, but the truth) and if we’re not sure, that we should take trouble, read and listen and discern, to find what it is.
February 15, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Truth matters. That we should hold fast to truth (not “my truth”, but the truth) and if we’re not sure, that we should take trouble, read and listen and discern, to find what it is.
A great privilege to have been able to attend Don Cupitt’s funeral this morning. A richly textured celebration of a rich and full life. I remain grateful to Don for teaching me to think, and for stripping away some of the barnacles so as to streamline my bumbling voyage on the sea of faith. RIP.
February 14, 2025 at 8:28 PM
A great privilege to have been able to attend Don Cupitt’s funeral this morning. A richly textured celebration of a rich and full life. I remain grateful to Don for teaching me to think, and for stripping away some of the barnacles so as to streamline my bumbling voyage on the sea of faith. RIP.
It's hard to do this, I agree, but we need to condemn Trump's foolishness (for example on Gaza) while attempting if at all possible to ignore the man himself. Jeremiads against coming fascism will not stop the juggernaut. Detailed and careful policy resistance, it seems to me, is what we need most.
February 5, 2025 at 7:00 PM
It's hard to do this, I agree, but we need to condemn Trump's foolishness (for example on Gaza) while attempting if at all possible to ignore the man himself. Jeremiads against coming fascism will not stop the juggernaut. Detailed and careful policy resistance, it seems to me, is what we need most.
Yes. Eg Rembrandt: The Artist's Son. And afterwards, the nicest cafe in London! www.wallacecollection.org/media/images...
February 1, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Yes. Eg Rembrandt: The Artist's Son. And afterwards, the nicest cafe in London! www.wallacecollection.org/media/images...
Ready for tomorrow?
January 19, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Ready for tomorrow?
I want to honour here the life of Don Cupitt, who died recently. A radical, faithful, courageous, consistent theologian, so helpful to me in earlier years, and to so many others. Memory eternal.
January 19, 2025 at 10:48 AM
I want to honour here the life of Don Cupitt, who died recently. A radical, faithful, courageous, consistent theologian, so helpful to me in earlier years, and to so many others. Memory eternal.
Much the same vibe as this www.kingrichards.leicester.sch.uk
December 20, 2024 at 6:50 PM
Much the same vibe as this www.kingrichards.leicester.sch.uk
I remember a meal with John and Pauline Prescott at the Cunard anniversary in Liverpool - funny, down-to-earth yes, but also the only guy round the table who had worked in that industry and who, really, understood it. Of how many other politicians could you say the same, in any industry whatever?
November 21, 2024 at 8:59 PM
I remember a meal with John and Pauline Prescott at the Cunard anniversary in Liverpool - funny, down-to-earth yes, but also the only guy round the table who had worked in that industry and who, really, understood it. Of how many other politicians could you say the same, in any industry whatever?
Not even the Donald can make water flow uphill.
November 21, 2024 at 6:33 PM
Not even the Donald can make water flow uphill.
That didn’t take long.
November 21, 2024 at 8:33 AM
That didn’t take long.