Rachel Mann
@revrachelmann.bsky.social
Priest. Poet. Writer. Broadcaster. Trans. Tired. Disabled. Autistic. (Private Passions: Military History, Austen, Golden Age Detective Fiction) T.S. Eliot Prize Shortlisted 2024
Archdeacon of Salford & Bolton
15 Books. www.rachelmann.co.uk
Archdeacon of Salford & Bolton
15 Books. www.rachelmann.co.uk
Great to be back at Media City to give my Pause For Thought on Jason and Kate’s show Good Morning Sunday. Do tune in to BBC Radio 2 now if you can. I’ll be talking about Thanksgiving.
November 23, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Great to be back at Media City to give my Pause For Thought on Jason and Kate’s show Good Morning Sunday. Do tune in to BBC Radio 2 now if you can. I’ll be talking about Thanksgiving.
Current project: Eduard 1/48 Spitfire Mk 1 #HistScaleModels
November 17, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Current project: Eduard 1/48 Spitfire Mk 1 #HistScaleModels
I’m calling this one basically done … 1/48 Airfix Lysander… one of my favourite ever planes. Airfix have created a terrific kit. Highly recommended. Any errors are entirely my own. #HistScaleModels
November 12, 2025 at 6:20 PM
I’m calling this one basically done … 1/48 Airfix Lysander… one of my favourite ever planes. Airfix have created a terrific kit. Highly recommended. Any errors are entirely my own. #HistScaleModels
It’s arrived. I’m v excited to dig into this and if it’s rubbish* it’s so vast it will make an amazing doorstop … @alanallport.bsky.social
*It won’t be …
*It won’t be …
November 6, 2025 at 3:54 PM
It’s arrived. I’m v excited to dig into this and if it’s rubbish* it’s so vast it will make an amazing doorstop … @alanallport.bsky.social
*It won’t be …
*It won’t be …
First time I’ve tried rigging a model aircraft… I adore the Supermarine Walrus … #HistScaleModels
November 3, 2025 at 7:31 PM
First time I’ve tried rigging a model aircraft… I adore the Supermarine Walrus … #HistScaleModels
The 1/48 Airfix Lysander is coming together nicely. This is a superb kit which I highly recommend. Wonderfully detailed even before addition of PE. The new Airfix masks are excellent and foolproof too. Here’s hoping they start offering them for all new kits. #HistScaleModels
October 28, 2025 at 7:17 AM
The 1/48 Airfix Lysander is coming together nicely. This is a superb kit which I highly recommend. Wonderfully detailed even before addition of PE. The new Airfix masks are excellent and foolproof too. Here’s hoping they start offering them for all new kits. #HistScaleModels
The @churchtimes.bsky.social asked me to write their Notebook column this week … so I wrote about Archdiaconal life …
October 24, 2025 at 2:39 PM
The @churchtimes.bsky.social asked me to write their Notebook column this week … so I wrote about Archdiaconal life …
Now that Airfix have provided me with the correct propellers & Im on holiday, I’m calling this done. Far from perfect but with each model I learn new things … a v good kit. #HeaviesGB #HistScaleModels
October 21, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Now that Airfix have provided me with the correct propellers & Im on holiday, I’m calling this done. Far from perfect but with each model I learn new things … a v good kit. #HeaviesGB #HistScaleModels
What a joy to be at St Mary’s Dymock for the Festal Eucharist for ‘A Blackbird Sings’ Art Festival, Dymock
October 12, 2025 at 11:33 AM
What a joy to be at St Mary’s Dymock for the Festal Eucharist for ‘A Blackbird Sings’ Art Festival, Dymock
An in-progress shot of a 1/48 Supermarine Walrus. I have to horror of rigging to come… #HistScaleModels
October 11, 2025 at 8:39 AM
An in-progress shot of a 1/48 Supermarine Walrus. I have to horror of rigging to come… #HistScaleModels
I always thought the German attack on Britain in 1940 was ill-conceived but this new evidence reveals just how misguided Adlertag really was … I think @alanallport.bsky.social might need to rewrite Britain At Bay …
October 3, 2025 at 5:38 PM
I always thought the German attack on Britain in 1940 was ill-conceived but this new evidence reveals just how misguided Adlertag really was … I think @alanallport.bsky.social might need to rewrite Britain At Bay …
Does the existence of magazines imply the existence of antifazines?
October 2, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Does the existence of magazines imply the existence of antifazines?
Six months ago today I underwent my fifth major abdominal surgery, though this one has proven to be life changing in many ways. I’m so grateful for the NHS. I would be dead without it.
This photo was taken on day five of nine on ICU. Still on fentanyl at this point!
This photo was taken on day five of nine on ICU. Still on fentanyl at this point!
October 1, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Six months ago today I underwent my fifth major abdominal surgery, though this one has proven to be life changing in many ways. I’m so grateful for the NHS. I would be dead without it.
This photo was taken on day five of nine on ICU. Still on fentanyl at this point!
This photo was taken on day five of nine on ICU. Still on fentanyl at this point!
New #HistScaleModels project … 1/48 Supermarine Walrus Mk.1 …
September 29, 2025 at 5:40 PM
New #HistScaleModels project … 1/48 Supermarine Walrus Mk.1 …
#HeaviesGB update … nearly there on this tribute to the famous Lady Be Good Liberator D … waiting on Airfix to send me replacement props + a bit more tidying and weathering to do … I think I’m getting better at this …
#HistScaleModels #ScaleModels
#HistScaleModels #ScaleModels
September 26, 2025 at 8:38 AM
#HeaviesGB update … nearly there on this tribute to the famous Lady Be Good Liberator D … waiting on Airfix to send me replacement props + a bit more tidying and weathering to do … I think I’m getting better at this …
#HistScaleModels #ScaleModels
#HistScaleModels #ScaleModels
#HeaviesGB progress update … I may not have any propellers at the moment but this Liberator project is coming together… and no tail-sitter either!! #HistScaleModels
September 21, 2025 at 11:36 AM
#HeaviesGB progress update … I may not have any propellers at the moment but this Liberator project is coming together… and no tail-sitter either!! #HistScaleModels
I’ve been loving this Liberator build until I’ve come to the propellers … am I losing it or do these all seem to be of random sizes?!? #HeaviesGB #HistScaleModels
September 16, 2025 at 6:12 PM
I’ve been loving this Liberator build until I’ve come to the propellers … am I losing it or do these all seem to be of random sizes?!? #HeaviesGB #HistScaleModels
September 13, 2025 at 3:26 PM
What do you mean I’ve gone completely doolally? Everyone adds PE engines with open cowlings to their 1/72 scale models don’t they?!? Ahahhahahahhaha #HeaviesGB #HistScaleModels
September 12, 2025 at 12:05 PM
What do you mean I’ve gone completely doolally? Everyone adds PE engines with open cowlings to their 1/72 scale models don’t they?!? Ahahhahahahhaha #HeaviesGB #HistScaleModels
Back in Salford Media City for my last Thought For The Day on this current run. Tune in to the Today Programme c. 7.45am
September 12, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Back in Salford Media City for my last Thought For The Day on this current run. Tune in to the Today Programme c. 7.45am
A wee reminder that my new book, Gravity Defied, A Lent Course based on the Movie Wicked, is now available for pre-order (I know … there’s Adventure & Christmas first but …)
Pre-order wherever books are sold.
Pre-order wherever books are sold.
September 11, 2025 at 12:42 PM
A wee reminder that my new book, Gravity Defied, A Lent Course based on the Movie Wicked, is now available for pre-order (I know … there’s Adventure & Christmas first but …)
Pre-order wherever books are sold.
Pre-order wherever books are sold.
Just look at that Davis Wing … #HeaviesGB #HistScaleModels
September 9, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Just look at that Davis Wing … #HeaviesGB #HistScaleModels