The Hearth of Mopsus

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

Friday, 27 March 2026

Disappearing Act

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Over the months since it came out, I was the very least important person pouring scepticism on last year's Bible Society report 'The...
Monday, 23 March 2026

Requiem for a Bishop

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Purcell; Duruflé; Fauré; and Rutter's 'The Lord Bless You and Keep You', which I find a bit soppy but says what you want it to; ...
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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...
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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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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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