The Hearth of Mopsus

"Gothic Isn't Just the Spiky Bits on Churches"

Monday, 9 March 2026

Quiet!!!

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I find my Lent Quiet Days in Simon and Clarissa's Garden Room at Bortley Mill  just as worthwhile as the more extended time I spent over...
Tuesday, 3 March 2026

Sede Vacante

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That progressed shockingly quickly. The announcement that the Bishop of Guildford had inoperable pancreatic cancer only came a month ago. Ve...
Wednesday, 25 February 2026

Cross and Flag

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Remember my stricture about not saying anything, if you can't say anything good? This afternoon's Radio 4 drama about a local commun...
Thursday, 19 February 2026

Telling Me The Story

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As the diocese digests, as it seems to be, the imminent death of its bishop - things have moved on since the news got to the BBC - I'm ...
Thursday, 5 February 2026

Visited

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It wasn't even the Archdeacon who came to do the Archdeacon's Visitation at the church this week; it was the Deputy Archdeacon, the ...
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Friday, 30 January 2026

Outside In

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The gentleman who came to the church to talk to me about becoming our PCC Treasurer seemed singularly ill at ease. The current office-holder...
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Saturday, 24 January 2026

Winter Museums

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It's a bit of a while since my last post, and though I am no longer publishing for the sake of doing so these days I do still have a min...
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I realised I actually enjoyed reading my friends' blogs, and so have made my own, with an oblique nod to 4th-century theologian Theodore of Mopsuestia. Christian and Gothic matters will probably predominate. Names are changed to protect the furtive.
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