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Jonathan Tallon
@jonathan-tallon.bsky.social
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New Testament lecturer at Luther King Theological College. Late antiquity research. He/him. Husband, father, coffee drinker. I take photos and write books. Based in Manchester UK. I always say yes to biscuits.

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Cold enough for the windscreen to be creating ice art today.
Patterns caused by ice freezing on a windscreen.
November 26, 2025 at 9:14 AM
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And I got this 😀 (I know if you do it properly you get this in 3 days. I’m still happy)
@nano2point0.bsky.social
#NaNoWriMo #NovelNovember
5,000 words written badge
November 20, 2025 at 12:10 AM
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Spooky. The Conservative Party Conference starts locally, and look who’s reading my stuff. 👀
Margaret Thatcher read your paper…
October 6, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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Inner city Manchester
#It’sGrimUpNorth
A canal near sunset, the water mirroring the sky. Either side of the canal is a narrow boat; the one on the left is pink. In the distance and to the right are some modern flats.
July 26, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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Few nicer places on the planet to spend a retreat than the Lake District.
#RydalHall #LakeDistrict
The Grot by Rydal Beck. A small, stone viewing hut for a waterfall of about 3m (15 feet) emptying into a calm pool. Greenery surrounds everything.
June 19, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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More wildlife in the courtyard at Luther King House. A pair of ducks now having a peaceful rest here.
@lutherkingcentre.bsky.social
#bird #nature #Manchester
A pair of mallard ducks, one male, one female, resting on the green lawns inside the courtyard at Luther King House.
May 19, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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Manchester by night. Not a shot you’d recognise a few years ago.
Skyscrapers lit up at night. View from Bentham Tower, Manchester.
May 14, 2025 at 11:13 PM
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And a robin fledgling left the nest just after my previous post… …but still supported by the parents… all in the courtyard at Luther King House
@lutherkingcentre.bsky.social
#tinyjoys #birds #nature #Manchester
Robin fledgling just after leaving the nest Adult Robin about to feed fledgling even after it leaves the nest. Adult Robin feeding the fledgling. After this both disappeared into the undergrowth next to the path.
May 7, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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Robin nestlings becoming fledglings at Luther King House @lutherkingcentre.bsky.social
#tinyjoys #birds #nature #Manchester
Two fledglings pop their heads out of the nest towards the camera. Robin in nest with three fledglings with beaks open Fledglings on the edge of the nest
May 7, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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Robin nestlings in Luther King House.
#bird #nature #tinyjoys
Two robin nestlings poking their heads above a nest.
May 4, 2025 at 10:47 AM
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We have some cute robin nestlings in a corner of the courtyard at @lutherkingcentre.bsky.social with mum and dad looking after them.
#bird #robin #nature #Manchester
Robin sitting on nest with beaks of two nestlings visible.
May 2, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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Because it’s Easter…
#Easter #EasterBunny #Rabbit
A white and tan lop-eared rabbit in the sunshine, shown from the side. Her name is Peach.
April 20, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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When the blossom looks like snow…
@lutherkingcentre.bsky.social courtyard.
The inner courtyard of Luther King House. The grass is covered in pink blossom. The picture shows an octagonal outdoor table and benches standing on a floor of pink blossom with blossom trees above and in the opposite corner of the courtyard.
April 14, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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A good time to visit @lutherkingcentre.bsky.social #Manchester #blossom
Video showing the courtyard at Luther King House, with three trees in full blossom.
April 9, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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Talk completed.
Manchester Cathedral at night
March 20, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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Off to Manchester Cathedral for a talk on the Bible and sexuality.
Manchester Cathedral
March 20, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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Flashback to one of my most viewed posts from the other place. Not any of my carefully constructed comments or criticisms - a homemade cupcake by a daughter celebrating the ides of March.
#IdesOfMarch
Cupcake with cream icing stabbed by a small plastic sword and with blood coloured raspberry sauce.
March 15, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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You’re in luck - I have the perfect book for you!
#Manchester
#CosyMysteries
#CozyMysteries
#AncientPapyri
#Fiction
Venn diagram with three overlapping circles with The Magdalene Secret at its centre
February 7, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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Still going?
#Manchester
#CosyMysteries
#CozyMysteries
#AncientPapyri
#LateAntiquity
Venn diagram with three overlapping circles: Manchester; cosy mysteries; and ancient papyri.
February 7, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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Still you? Keep going…
#Manchester
#CosyMysteries
#CozyMysteries
#Fiction
Venn diagram with two overlapping circles: Manchester and Cosy mysteries
February 7, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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Is this you? Keep going…
#Manchester
Venn diagram single circle Manchester
February 7, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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Thread:
A long time ago, in a far off place that now lies desolate, @drewjakeprof.bsky.social posted a Gospel Thriller generator created by Colin Whiting. It was a fun aside as he worked on his book Gospel Thrillers (highly recommended, by the way). Here is the generator:
Gospel thriller generator: creates a title based on the first letters of your first and surname.
February 7, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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Every time I go on the Discover feed, I get a few photos of mushrooms and fungi. So here’s another one (taken a while back).
#Fungi
#NaturePhotography
A picture of fungi on tree bark.
January 26, 2025 at 11:07 AM
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Capturing a wormhole in space.
Black and white photo of a spiral whirling around with a silhouette of someone with arms upraised underneath. (Actually a photo of water draining away from our flooded road).
January 1, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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When you wake up to find that your road has become a river…
Flooded road
January 1, 2025 at 9:34 AM