Indeed. #Ethiopian #Art.

Good news.

Beautiful.

Indeed. #Starmer should reinstate #Robbins.

This is a most revealing and chilling moment:

‘Trump attempted to access the nuclear codes but was allegedly blocked by General Dan Caine. He was then kicked out of the Situation Room.’

#TippingPoint

A color, macrophoto of a Robin perched on a branch in Virginia, during late April, 2026. The capture was taken during rain and the photographer snapped the photo at the split second a raindrop fell on the top of the bird's head, making it appear like a "natural" crown. 📸 Dawn Denise Boyer of Gloucester, Virginia

#WonderfulBirdWednesday

Right in the middle of rain, the photo was captured the split second a droplet of water landed on the #Robins head like a crown! 👑
04/2026

#Birds #Nature
#FlawlessTiming 🌟
#FMSPAD
#SomethingThatFlies
#Birdsky #Wildlife
#Photography
#BirdPhotography
#Macrophotography

‘A Prior Meeting: #Anselm’, #poem.

Was probably a choirboy?

Dame Averil Cameron obituary Historian whose sparky, innovative Byzantines challenged the stereotype of a stagnant society with nothing new to offer

Averil Cameron RIP.
Fine obit @theguardian.com

Meaning the services of Holy Communion and Morning and Evening Prayer.

Palaeontologist awarded 2026 Templeton Prize Professor Conway Morris recognised for ‘outstanding contributions to the field of evolutionary biology’

Excellent news!

Professor Micheline White, a Canadian scholar, discovered in 2015 that Queen Katherine Parr, Henry VIII’s last wife, was the author of this prayer, which was later included in the BCP.

A few years ago, I noticed the similarity of this prayer to Miles Coverdale’s translation of Psalm 21 (used in the BCP), which is a prayer about King David and includes the phrases “everlasting felicity” and “the joy of thy countenance.”

Elizabeth The Gracious - The Living Church By Graham Kings he Queen is dead. Long live the King. These ancient, traditional words turn amidst the churning. Simultaneously, they brusquely announce a heart-rending fact and joyfully pronounce a r...

My article, ‘Elizabeth the Gracious’ may be read here:

The words of the anthem draw on Psalm 21 & BCP prayer.

You set a crown of pure gold on her head.
She asked for life of you and you gave her long life.
You shall give her everlasting felicity
and make her glad with the joy of your countenance.

Because he knows the Book of Common Prayer by heart.

Elizabeth the Gracious: an Anthem In trying to pray, on hearing of the approaching death of the Queen, I returned to the Book of Common Prayer and its “Prayer for the Queen’s Majesty” at Morning and Evening Prayer.

The anthem, ‘Elizabeth the Gracious’ (words by Graham Kings, music by Tristan Latchford), may be heard in the YouTube live stream of her Vigil Service at St Bartholomew-the-Great, between 26 mins and 29 mins:

m.youtube.com/watch?v=PYAr...

Her portrait, by Ralph Heimans, is at Westminster Abbey.

Beautiful River #Nile.

Ollie #Robbins is a @hertfordcollege.bsky.social , Oxford graduate in #PPE.

Key point by #Robbins just now:

If security team had completed their recommendation before the public announcement, the result would have been the same - even under Robbins’s predecessor.

#BCP sales should rise today…

@churchofengland.org
#cofe

Rory #McIlroy, Keir #Starmer and Mikel #Arteta all had large leads, which were whittled down.

McIlroy stayed calm and won.

I expect Starmer and Arteta to do so too.

The Way of Life Sculpture By Jonathan Clarke, in Ely Cathedral

My video this morning of ‘The Way of Life’ sculpture (2001) by Jonathan Clarke, in Ely Cathedral, commissioned by the Friends of Ely Cathedral.

My poem, ‘Silt of the Spirit’, expounding the sculpture, written today in the cathedral, may be read here: lnkd.in/e6gugYzn

‘Clarke #Sculpture: Silt of the #Spirit’, @grahamkings.bsky.social #poem written today @elycathedral.bsky.social expounding Jonathan Clarke’s The Way of Life’ #sculpture (2001), commissioned by the Friends of #Ely #Cathedral.

www.grahamkings.org/poem/clarke-...

The insider trading suspicions looming over Trump's presidency The BBC has found a pattern of spikes in trades ahead of public announcements by the US president.

#BBC on #InsiderTrading and #Trump.

Book review: Moses Maimonides: A very short introduction by Ross Brann MOSES MAIMONIDES (1135-1204) was the outstanding Jewish thinker of the Middle Ages. His status within Judaism is roughly equivalent to that of St Thomas Aquinas in Christianity, and his writings on philosophical theology proved influential on thin...

"As a philosopher of religion, Maimonides was chiefly preoccupied with combating the dangers of anthropomorphism . . . and anthropopathism."

📚 Alexander Faludy reviews Moses Maimonides: A very short introduction by Ross Brann

#Judaism #Maimonides

WOW: A stunning new report in the WSJ reveals that military advisers intentionally excluded Donald Trump from the command room during the recent high-stakes operation to extract a downed U.S. airman in Iran, because they feared his erratic behavior could jeopardize the mission. 1/

Stourbridge Common, #Cambridge, this morning.

#peace #contemplation

Analysis: More than merely a ‘vibe shift’? IN MARCH 1966, John Lennon declared that The Beatles were “more popular than Jesus now”. Instead of claiming that the Fab Four were god-like, he was reflecting on a culture in which young people had turned away from the religion that had formed th...

"Beyond the 'vibe shift', however, statistics showing rising Bible sales, young people coming to faith across Europe, and increases in adult baptisms point to something."

@chinemcdonald.bsky.social considers renewed interest in spirituality among the young

Zimbabwean wooden sculpture, in St Mary’s Church, Islington, London, of 5 events in the life of Jesus Zimbabwean wooden sculpture, in St Mary’s Church, Islington, London, of 5 events in the life of Jesus, filmed 9 Mar 2017, by Graham Kings, Vicar of St Mary’s 2000-2009.

I love this #Zimbabwean log sculpture that I encouraged St Mary Islington, London, to buy when I served as vicar there. We don’t know the carver, but look closely at the five scenes, especially the scared Temple guards, who are running away, because they thought they had been unprofessional. #Easter

How will attitudes change if students like me aren’t taught the truth about British colonial history? | Astrid Barltrop The skewed perspectives in my A-level curriculum are staggering. Until that changes, harmful ideas about race and migration will live on, says Emerging Voices winner Astrid Barltrop

‘We are here because you were there.’

Ambalavaner Sivanandan, cited by Astrid Barltrop.