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Smile- it’s the Year of the Child
This amusing story is doing the rounds, which seems just right for the start of the holidays. It’s wonderfully un-PC for the Year of the Child – but of course taken in the spirit it’s meant to be...
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Bishop will walk on water
New Scientist magazine’s famous ‘Feedback’ column caught Cambridge University out recently when in their alumni weekend brochure they wrote: To commemorate the 900th anniversary of the creation of the...
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Rambling Rectors (and Vicars, Curates etc)
The clergy of Fordham and Quy deanery went on their annual ramble recently to West Stowe Park. I reckon they could have sold tickets to spectators! During their ramble they visited the redundant...
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Jesus’ Day Off
I’ve just been given a copy of a book called Jesus’ Day Off by Nicholas Allan, author of such modern classics asThe Queen’s Knickers, Jesus’ Christmas Party, and Cinderella’s Bum! He is also the...
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Snow alert
If you see snow falling gently down your screen on this blog, DO NOT PANIC!!! It’s a WordPress seasonal feature, designed to put you in a festive frame of mind. If, however, the snow settles on your...
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Canterbury Capriciousness
There’s a chill wind blowing across the Fens today – a purely meteorological observation and totally unconnected with the recent goings-on at Synod, but we are praying for my brother of Ely as he goes...
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Capping the story
From the monumentally, obsessively compendious Sammlung Philippi. Bishop Andrewes appears, however, to have become and undergraduate or chorister. Just testing. And the mitre stands alone.
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Rare Medieval Illustration of Rudolph the Reindeer revealed by British Library
Who will guide my sleigh tonight?: an artist’s reconstruction of Cervus rhinorubeus, the elusive red-nosed deer; from (Pseudo-?) Sextus Placitus, Liber medicinae ex animalibus, the Netherlands (Mosan...
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Sobriety Test
In the days when I used to take weddings regularly I threatened grooms with am ignition test on The Day: if I lit a cigarette lighter in front of thema nd their breath ignited, the wedding would wait....
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Beaker Folk of Husborne Crawley: A Quick Seasonal Reminder to Church Leaders
Archdruid Eileen strikes again with her ten seasonal for fellow church-leaders. Here’s a taster: 8. Carols are still fine. Of course, after the last week, you’ll be down to the ones nobody knows in a...
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