Reposted by Dr Jo KershawPeter Whitewood @pwhitewood.bsky.social · 14hHe’s going to be mad when he learns about French film festivals. 6808
Dr Jo Kershaw @mthrjo.bsky.social · 11hYeah. Could really easily go wrong (and it’s Sunday so there are fewer options if it does!) 010
Dr Jo Kershaw @mthrjo.bsky.social · 11hI think they have got slightly better at timetabling rail replacement services than the bad old days but it still feels too dangerous. 360
Dr Jo Kershaw @mthrjo.bsky.social · 11hIt’s an expensive irritation but I don’t want to miss that train or it will be a very late night indeed… 170
Dr Jo Kershaw @mthrjo.bsky.social · 11hLooking at the trains back to college tomorrow and the WCML issue is going to cause problems. I think I might have to get a taxi to Tamworth as I do not trust the timetabled five minute connection when the first leg is a rail replacement bus…. 2120
Reposted by Dr Jo KershawSonja Drimmer @sonjadrimmer.bsky.social · 12hI published an article in JMEMS about how rare such spectacular executions actually were in late medieval England compared to later periods and very much made this point about how the ascription of “medieval” to what is in fact the modern theater of cruelty serves to absolve us. 1205
Reposted by Dr Jo KershawRichard Morris @ahistoryinart.bsky.social · 13h'The Parish Bazaar,' (c1947) Norman Blamey was a consummate draughtsman; his early work specialised in capturing everyday events. This painting is based on a Christmas sale, which took place annually in the Parish Hall of St Pancras Old Church in Crowndale Road. 18322
Reposted by Dr Jo KershawThe Guy From Yesterday @akma.bsky.social · 16hWithout prompt, vigorous, costly attention, the 21stC will see the utter devastation of England’s reputation as a world leader in higher education, presided over by Tories, Labour, and Lib Dems, with hardly a word of protest from other parties. 13416
Dr Jo Kershaw @mthrjo.bsky.social · 12hBut also nobody half way sane thinks Pope Leo is a weak leader 1120
Reposted by Dr Jo KershawTom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 18hMy latest @newscientist.com cartoon 2434991293
Reposted by Dr Jo KershawSteffen Hope @hopesteffen.bsky.social · 14hThis is a brilliant thread. While there was a lot of violence in the Middle Ages, it is crucial to acknowledge that our contemporary attitudes - in their myriad varieties - are all born out of our own historical context. The abhorrent ones are not relict medieval sentiments, but equally modern. 37827
Dr Jo Kershaw @mthrjo.bsky.social · 13hIt keeps very restricted hours and i can’t quite work out the business model (other than I think they think only commuters want coffee) 110
Reposted by Dr Jo KershawNaomi L. Jacobs @naomijacobs.bsky.social · 16hDelighted to share ‘Disabled Christian Leaders in Conversation’, a video podcast from Dr Erin Raffety & me. Five #disabled & #neurodivergent leaders talk about barriers to leading, and what good #leadership could look like. Ep 1 out now! youtu.be/pHfz_Jk5Hn8?...youtu.beEpisode 1: Revd Kt Tupling | Disabled Christian Leaders in ConversationYouTube video by Disabled Christian Leaders in Conversation 143
Reposted by Dr Jo KershawLeah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 17hPOPE LEO: “The death penalty is inadmissible because it is an attack on the inviolability and dignity of the person. The common good can be safeguarded and the requirements of justice can be met without recourse to capital punishment…” 231386
Reposted by Dr Jo KershawTom Roberts @tpgroberts.bsky.social · 17hAnd, ironically, I think the problems aren't that dissimilar! Both of them are too online (Polanski is too short termist and reactive, Badenoch is inconsistent and mad), both of them have pursued a base first strategy that is running out of time, and both rely on their opponent imploding. 2472
Reposted by Dr Jo KershawSarah Jones @sarahjonestoo.bsky.social · 17hOh my word. Over 4,000 people have an opinion on my short speaking tour over the next couple of weeks. Many of them are presuming what I will say. Come and hear it for yourself! #EverydayNormal www.facebook.com/DioceseofSal...facebook.com 391
Reposted by Dr Jo KershawTalyllyn Railway @talyllyn.co.uk · 19hThe show is open here in Barrow & we're honoured to be joined by Richard Awdry, who has brought his Grandfather's OO9 layout depicting the Mid Sodor Railway - Ulfstead Road. This is the first time both of Rev Awdry's model railways have been exhibited together outside of Tywyn! 07422
Dr Jo Kershaw @mthrjo.bsky.social · 16hI have, actually. But then I remembered there’s a Greggs a short walk away and harmony and optimum caffeine levels are restored. 160
Reposted by Dr Jo KershawMelpomene 🔓 @melpomany.bsky.social · 17h"It looks delicious," she said, "but one question, what actually is 'homemade ghee'?" its butter i clarified 181671319
Dr Jo Kershaw @mthrjo.bsky.social · 17hMe, brightly: well, we’ve got time to kill, but we could get a cup of coffee at the cafe on the station Spouse: it won’t be open It is, indeed, not open 2210
Reposted by Dr Jo KershawEdward @fornbirkibeinn.bsky.social · 20hAnecdotally what seems to be happening is that the Home Office is refusing all student visa applications from certain countries. The Treasury should have told them to knock if off years ago but at this point the FCO needs to tell them to stop trying to cause an international incident. 423867
Reposted by Dr Jo KershawRob Ford @robfordmancs.bsky.social · 19hIt would seem the Home Office has now acquired the ability to impose, without visibility or accountability, shadow bans on students coming to British universities from particular countries. How? Because of the interaction between indiv visa decisions (made by HO alone) and visa rules for unis 1/? 10234156
Reposted by Dr Jo KershawSteffen Hope @hopesteffen.bsky.social · 19hsalva me ex ore leonis save me from the lion's mouth [From the Cathedral Museum of Santiago de Compostela] 2207
Reposted by Dr Jo KershawDDOwen @llyfrgellbabel.bsky.social · 18hI am starting to interpret Officio Domum Delenda Est in an increasingly maximalist sense. The Thing In The Home Office Basement has gained policy leverage in areas that it shouldn't have. 2338
Reposted by Dr Jo KershawWeird Alex @jackalpants.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Reminder that "biological sex" is not a thing that exists. It is a legal fiction in every place that refers to it. In the UK, in the equality act, it means "the sex that was written on your original birth certificate." Incidentally, it doesn't matter if that's due to a clerical error.theguardian.com‘We were horrified’: parents heartbroken as baby girl registered as maleParents told Nottinghamshire registrar’s error on birth certificate cannot be changed 6425155
Dr Jo Kershaw @mthrjo.bsky.social · 18hI’ve only just discovered that you can get Pret A Manger chocolate croissants to bake at home and I feel this could be dangerous knowledge 4390
Dr Jo Kershaw @mthrjo.bsky.social · 09/10/2026 But that isn’t to say that belief wasn’t widespread! Making them do penance *is* an expression of taking Christianity seriously. 160
Dr Jo Kershaw @mthrjo.bsky.social · 09/10/2026No; they were made to do penance, which is rather different 250
Reposted by Dr Jo KershawSimon Pegg @simonpegg.bsky.social · 09/10/2026It all really started to go wrong when we just accepted the word 'banter' as an acceptable way to express bullying someone. 214019
Reposted by Dr Jo KershawNew-Cleckit Dominie @ncdominie.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Nelson Mandela, unveiled on Nelson Mandela Place. 48616
Reposted by Dr Jo KershawRyan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 09/10/2026JOINT STATEMENT OF THE FOREIGN MINISTERS OF CANADA, DENMARK, GERMANY, FRANCE, ITALY, JAPAN, THE NETHERLANDS, UNITED KINGDOM "As committed supporters of the ICC we regret and strongly disagree with the announcement of sanctions to be imposed upon the Court by the United States." 531734735
Reposted by Dr Jo KershawTom @dixitinsipiens.bsky.social · 09/10/2026you'd think a supposedly hella Christian public official would think twice before saying, "yeah you know the way to stop this radical religious movement from spreading is to make a public spectacle of executing its most zealous adherents" 19516
Dr Jo Kershaw @mthrjo.bsky.social · 09/10/2026No, fair, maybe not so much an escalation as opening up a new axis of awfulness 020
Dr Jo Kershaw @mthrjo.bsky.social · 09/10/2026At this stage I would barely be surprised to learn that one of these startups has a severed head in a basement in Menlo Park for reasons that don’t really make sense but they are convinced is vital to the future of humanity 2391
Reposted by Dr Jo KershawJordan @jordanpfot.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Sorry but no, it is in fact notable that the US is doing something only very extremist regimes do. To willingly abandon “this isn’t who we are” as a response is to throw away a very powerful rhetorical weapon. 127938114
Dr Jo Kershaw @mthrjo.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Once again: “That Hideous Strength” was CS Lewis’s weakest novel and I would like the news to stop making me think of it. 69513
Dr Jo Kershaw @mthrjo.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Might be able to slide in for the psalms if I’m lucky… 1100
Dr Jo Kershaw @mthrjo.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Back in Lichfield. Though - thanks to an unfortunate outbreak of Bahnchaos - not in time to go to evensong. 2150
Reposted by Dr Jo KershawDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Hello computer, Decompile and distill Middlemarch Make the game set in my hometown though, not Middlemarch Make the main character me. When I'm not around, the other characters should be asking "where is he?" and "what is he up to?" Review my chat memory for zingers to help me to seduce Rosamund 1624625
Reposted by Dr Jo KershawSathnam Sanghera @sathnam.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Dear tv and radio producers. Thankyou for the invitation. But, no, I do not want to appear on your show to defend the idea that I am English, after 50 years of living and working here, because the increasingly feral right want to turn this into a "debate" and you cannot see how you're being played 11050051108
Reposted by Dr Jo KershawScott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Archbishop Paul S. Coakley, president of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops, in a statement to Vatican News on Hegseth's plans to livestream the execution “In no way can Hassan's actions be condoned, but this decision is a barbaric promotion of a culture of death and must be reconsidered.”vaticannews.vaUS Archbishop Coakley: Livestreaming execution promotes a ‘culture of death’ - Vatican NewsArchbishop Paul Coakley, President of the US Bishops’ Conference, expresses shock over the planned livestreamed execution of Nidal Hassan, warning ... 49133
Dr Jo Kershaw @mthrjo.bsky.social · 09/10/2026That’s *an* Anglican viewpoint. This particular Anglican believes that Our Lord is present in the sacrament, full stop, whether or not the recipient believes. 230
Dr Jo Kershaw @mthrjo.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Yeah, it’s very much “there’s so much wrong here you don’t know where to start” 020
