The legendary Blue Monkey nightclub in Sunderland is being reborn — not as a rave venue, but as the Redeemed Christian Church of God.”
#Sunderland #BlueMonkey #RCCG #Immigration #LocalHistory #VenerableBede #NorthEast
jon-chadwick.com/2025/09/16/s...
The Age of Bede: How a Monk Shaped Early Medieval England www.medievalists.net/2025/08/bede... #VenerableBede #Bede #MiddleAges #medievalEngland
Cover of a history of the English people by bede
Two books from penguin classics. History of the English church and people and medieval Latin lyrics
Latest find in @oxfamgb.bsky.social filling a shameful omission in my reading. Also must confess to being overly excited to find a copy in a set matching an existing book in my collection.
Should be good - I've enjoyed Leo Sherley-Price's translation of the Ladder of Perfection
#Bede #VenerableBede
From #Stow’s Survey of London Twice daily more than 200 poor were fed at Lord Cromwell’s gate with bread, meat and drink. This followed practice of #VenerableBede who gave a good portion of every dish brought to his table especially in hard times, #charity #food #history
A sparrow in the rafters of a mediaeval hall
sparrow in the hall
flying from night into night
welcome to our hearth
#haiku #poetry #venerablebede
Photo: St. Bede's Sparrow on Wordpress, uncredited
