Mark Walley
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Mark Walley
@iamsparticus.com
Vicar, Middlesbrough
My favourite theological work of advent so far.
November 30, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Think my dahlia’s may be done for the year
November 21, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Got a spare hour to kill before you train from Newcastle Central Station? Why not read through Barth’s Dogmatics at the Lit&Phil just round the corner?
November 13, 2025 at 5:09 PM
November 8, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Wikipedia is obviously great, but its rare dry sense of humour is under-rated.
November 1, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Half an hour drive, an hour of walking and the only company pheasants, cows, and an increasingly muddy Labrador.
October 21, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Had a couple of hours between the school run and first job of the day so took the dog up on the moors.
October 21, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Bit of a walk.
September 26, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Despair
September 10, 2025 at 6:13 PM
I know the new Boro striker just scored a phenomenal goal against Germany, but can he do it on a cold February… etc…
September 5, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Lately, the Lego Friends sets have had the most enjoyable builds. Compare for example, these £40 sets, Ahsoka's star fighter (300 pieces) and Vintage Fashion shop (400 pieces)
September 5, 2025 at 8:36 AM
The French have a superior approach to food.

Also the French:
August 15, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Courgette turtle was robbed
August 2, 2025 at 5:08 PM
41 years on this earth and this is the weirdest printer error I’ve ever encountered. If I print a particular pdf file, every “fi” in the text has the “i” overprinted on the “f”. Any other f or i prints fine.
July 30, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Belated “Happy East Coast Mainline signal failure day” to all who celebrate
July 27, 2025 at 6:59 AM
You may not believe it, but this is peak bbqing technique.
July 7, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Got to cover two churches on Sunday. I am reliably informed that this stonework on one of them is a dragon eating a cow. More churches could do with this kind of thing.
July 1, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Lowkey an actually brilliant award. Great bridge too. Much deserved.
June 12, 2025 at 11:34 AM
1) The Daily Mash writes a joke article about scouts. (www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/society...)

2) Facebook’s AI automatically slanders the whole scouting movement.

3) ?

4) profit
June 10, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Jellycat x Greggs Fenwicks pop up when?
April 25, 2025 at 11:17 AM
“You think this is cool, just wait till you see who my great great great… grandson slays”
March 25, 2025 at 8:29 AM
I hope you all celebrate your baptism anniversaries with lego box car racers.
March 2, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Probably the earliest surviving artwork of Jesus is some graffiti on a wall in Rome featuring Jesus with the head of a donkey and the words “Alexamenos worships his god.” Probably around 200AD
February 11, 2025 at 6:53 PM
The iconic view from @dioceseofyork.bsky.social’s wydale hall.
February 8, 2025 at 9:34 AM
More people need to know about Stella Parks’ Brown Butter overnight waffles. Supremely lazy. Comfortably the best and most reliable waffles. www.seriouseats.com/brown-butter...
January 25, 2025 at 10:38 AM