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The Society of Antiquaries of London @antiquaries.bsky.social · 2h

Join Prof. Abubakar Sani Sule this Thursday to hear about under-researched collections from northern Nigeria, which are of global significance in terms of medieval trade & polities, & also serve as powerful materials for public engagement. It's free!

www.sal.org.uk/event/west-a...

West African Communities Past & Present seen through Nigerian & British Museum Collections - Society of Antiquaries of London

African archaeological collections have been the focus of much attention, linking to questions around the public value of museums and the power of artefacts to present plural narratives. Professor Sul...

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Graham Kings @grahamkings.bsky.social · 2h

‘What ties everything together is the provision of what [Emma Warren] describes as “warm and welcoming” spaces, where “those who are in their second decade of life can gather regularly … to do things they like doing … where restorative ‘hanging out’ is welcome”. John Harris on #YouthClubs 3/3

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Graham Kings @grahamkings.bsky.social · 2h

‘Up the #YouthClub, by the journalist and writer Emma Warren, is both a superb work of social history, and a passionate call for a newly energised, modern version of everything she writes about. Her story goes back 150 years, and is split between the state and voluntary sectors.’ John Harris 2/3

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Graham Kings @grahamkings.bsky.social · 2h

‘What ties everything together is the provision of what [Emma Warren] describes as “warm and welcoming” spaces, where “those who are in their second decade of life can gather regularly … to do things they like doing … where restorative ‘hanging out’ is welcome”. John Harris on #YouthClubs 3/3

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Graham Kings @grahamkings.bsky.social · 2h

‘Up the #YouthClub, by the journalist and writer Emma Warren, is both a superb work of social history, and a passionate call for a newly energised, modern version of everything she writes about. Her story goes back 150 years, and is split between the state and voluntary sectors.’ John Harris 2/3

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Graham Kings @grahamkings.bsky.social · 2h

‘During the first 10 years of the spending cuts that began in 2010, councils’ funding for #youth services in England and Wales suffered a real-terms cut of 70%. By 2023, about 1,200 publicly run youth centres had closed, and more than 4,500 youth workers had lost their jobs.’ John Harris 1/3

Britain's youth clubs have been quietly decimated. What's most revealing is that few seem to care | John Harris

These vital spaces have been the first targets of cuts in a nation that favours age over youth – despite being the remedy for blights such as social division, polarisation and loneliness, says Guardia...

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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 6h

The contact of Reform UK's Russian puppet Nathan Gill is linked to efforts to destabilise the US and Ukraine. Why is no one asking more questions?

www.thenerve.news/p/reform-uk-...

The contact of Reform UK’s Russian puppet Nathan Gill is linked to efforts to destabilise the US and Ukraine. Why, even now, is no one asking questions?

Gill, former leader in Wales of Nigel Farage's party, admits taking bribes to help Putin. And his Russian connection - the Ukrainian politician Oleh Voloshyn - in turn has links to a key figure wante...

www.thenerve.news

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Graham Kings @grahamkings.bsky.social · 4h

Thanks be to God.

All 20 living #Israeli #hostages now releases.

Now for the 2,000 #Palestinian prisoners.

Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 4h

Breaking news: Hamas freed the 20 remaining Israeli hostages in Gaza as US President Donald Trump prepared to address the Knesset after achieving a milestone in his push to end the two-year war in the enclave.

Read more in our live blog here: on.ft.com/4ncNNWw

Graham Kings @grahamkings.bsky.social · 15h

#Pope to #journalists - quoting Hannah #Arendt.

Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 18h

Pope to journalists: “…it is worth remembering Hannah Arendt’s warning that ‘the ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist.’”

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Salvador Ryan @salvadorryan.bsky.social · 2d

In today’s @independent.ie
I review Victoria Whitworth’s new book on the #BookofKells held at @tcddublin.bsky.social. Whitworth’s study is sumptuously produced and a fascinating read. I’m just not crazy about the title…

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The Scottish village now touted as being the birthplace of The Book of Kells

In 1912, a Polish rare books dealer Wilfrid Voynich (1865-1930) purchased a manuscript from a Jesuit college near Frascati in Rome. Now housed at the Beinecke Library, Yale University, the Voynich Man...

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Graham Kings @grahamkings.bsky.social · 1d

Sited in you,
Excited by you,
We recite your #Psalms,
To gain, again, our sight.

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The Visual Commentary on Scripture @thevcs.bsky.social · 1d

The Psalter was the fundamental devotional text of the Middle Ages, and our exhibition of the week on Psalm 27 features three different ones.

Click here to read the comparative commentary:

thevcs.org/lord-my-ligh...

Psalm 27
The Lord is my Light
Commentaries by Frederica Law Turner

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EuropeanPowell @europeanpowell.bsky.social · 2d

Teesside’s freeport, initiated in 2021 under Rishi Sunak, has cost £560 million far exceeding the standard £25 million allocation (22 times the standard £25m).
90% profits go to the private sector.
This clearly shows the UK model of State aid post-Brexit is utterly corrupt.

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Cambridge University Botanic Garden @cubotanicgarden.bsky.social · 3d

🌿We're celebrating 200 years since John Stevens Henslow became Professor of Botany at Cambridge. He oversaw the relocation of the Botanic Garden to its current 40-acre site & was a mentor to Charles Darwin, inspiring his ideas on plant variation. Learn more about his legacy: tinyurl.com/4stzwhz9

Department of Plant Sciences Cambridge @camplantsci.bsky.social · 3d

Celebrating 200 years since John Stevens Henslow became Professor of Botany at Cambridge.

It's almost 200 years to the day since Henslow took an oath before the Vice Chancellor as 'King's Reader in Botany' on 10 October 1825.

Find out more about his legacy: tinyurl.com/4stzwhz9

@cam.ac.uk

Geological map of Anglesey from J.S. Henslow's 1822 article Geological Description of Anglesea. Credit: Cambridge Philosophical Society.

Henslow's botanical drawings. Credit: University of Cambridge.

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Richard Ovenden @richove.bsky.social · 1d

Honoured that my ‘Burning the books’ -
the @harvardpress.bsky.social edition - should feature in @thelibrariansfilm.bsky.social - a must- see for anyone concerned about the freedom to read and to think - it highlights the courageous libraries defending democracy in America

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Tuatha @tuatha.ie · 2d

I visited the @nmireland.bsky.social today for a bit of research, but I also took the opportunity to revisit the Words on the Wave exhibition, before it ends on October 24th.

It really is wonderful and you've only two weeks left, so do go and see it before it's gone!

#Ireland #SpéirGhorm

Page from the Irish Gospels of St Gall that dates to the 8th century AD. This shows an illustration of the Second Coming / Last Judgement.

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Graham Kings @grahamkings.bsky.social · 2d

Wonderful news.

Open Culture @openculture.bsky.social · 2d

The Medieval Masterpiece, the Book of Kells, Is Now Digitized and Available Online

If you know nothing else about medieval European illuminated manuscripts, you surely know the Book of Kells. “One of Ireland’s greatest cultural treasures” comments Medievalists.net, “it is set apart ...

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Carin Ruff @carinr.bsky.social · 2d

"This Edwin's father in baptism was the venerable Bishop Paulinus, one of those whom Gregory sent among us (sc. the Northumbrians), as we have said."

See the whole MS here: e-codices.ch/en/searchres...

St. Gall, Stiftsbibliothek, MS 567, p. 88, detail

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Carin Ruff @carinr.bsky.social · 2d

This is the feast of Paulinus, Bishop of York, d. 644. 🕯️ Though the extensive Paulinus material is in Bede, I realized we've never looked at the sole surviving MS of the Anonymous of Whitby's Life of Gregory the Great, St. Gall 567. Here's the passage about the baptism of Edwin from that text.

St. Gall, Stiftsbibliothek, MS 567, p. 88

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Graham Kings @grahamkings.bsky.social · 3d

Perceptive on #peace plan @patrickwintour.bsky.social @theguardian.com . At a meeting on sidelines of UN, #Trump was persuaded to change his mind over two things: 1. Palestinians should not be driven from Gaza and Israel should not rule #Gaza; 2. ‘Day After Plan’ was precondition for ceasefire.

‘Trump is like a juggernaut’: how the Gaza ceasefire deal was done

Sidelines chat at UN was turning point for US president, but others also have right to claim role in end of two-year war

www.theguardian.com

Graham Kings @grahamkings.bsky.social · 3d

A worthy winner of the #Nobel #Peace Prize.

Venezuela’s opposition leader, Maria Corina #Machado.

Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Venezuela's María Corina Machado

"When authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognize courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist," the committee said.

www.nbcnews.com

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Graham Kings @grahamkings.bsky.social · 4d

Archbishop David Gitari, @thetimes.com #obituary.

Archbishop David Gitari

Archbishop David Gitari was one of the first post-colonial African church leaders to play a key role in the development of his own nation and at the same time to be recognised as a truly global

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Graham Kings @grahamkings.bsky.social · 4d

Thanks be to God.

‘First phase’ of ceasefire deal to end war in Gaza agreed by Israel and Hamas

Donald Trump announces that all hostages will be released ‘very soon’ and Israel will withdraw troops to an agreed upon line

www.theguardian.com

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Graham Kings @grahamkings.bsky.social · 4d

‘David #Gitari and A #Kenyan Service of Holy #Communion’, my next chapter of ‘Nourishing Memories’ published today on ‘Covenant’.

Previous chapters are here: www.grahamkings.org/book/nourish...

#mission #liturgy

Nourishing Memories: David Gitari and A Kenyan Service of Holy Communion - The Living Church

In Kenya in the 1980s, Bishop David Gitari led exciting conferences on mission while the Anglican Church of Kenya developed new liturgies.

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Graham Kings @grahamkings.bsky.social · 4d

Dr Keith Waddell.

Graham Kings @grahamkings.bsky.social · 4d

…and huge increase in costs to #NHS.

Pubs to stay open until early hours in push for UK growth

Exclusive: Plans for England and Wales would help the ailing hospitality sector but have attracted criticism from health experts

www.theguardian.com

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