retired software consultant & freelance journalist, interests: Church of England, equality legislation, early and baroque music, modern railways and badgers.
Knaresborough, North Yorkshire
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Simon Sarmiento retweeted
It is not a new complaint:
"And bishops in their shovel-hats
Were plentiful as tabby cats -
In point of fact, too many"
W S Gilbert 1889
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New drone technology is helping our teams respond more quickly and safely to severe weather on the East Coast Main Line.
By providing views of hard-to-reach areas, drones can help engineers make informed decisions to keep passengers and freight moving.
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Simon Sarmiento retweeted
Unless the Church of England appointed a new Lead Bishop for Reducing the Number of Bishops (and quite possibly several), it would be impossible to take its commitment to reducing bishops seriously
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𝐀 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐞𝐭 𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐚 𝐬𝐚𝐟𝐞 𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧
The Charity Commission publishes its latest data on whistleblowing disclosures
#Whistleblowing #Safeguarding #GlobalSafeguarding #Regulation
globalsafeguarding.com/blog/…
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Letter to Times today.
I take this to be reflection of the huge shifts in governance and administration that have taken place in this period. Expectations of what a bishop is/does have changed so much.
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The Times has a piece here suggesting that the proportion of posts vacant posts was last higher in 1660 at the Restoration and in 1690 after nine of 27 bishops refused to swear allegiance to William III and Mary II
thetimes.com/uk/religion/art…
The cost of long vacancies in sees was among the issues discussed by the House of Bishops at its meeting this week #ChurchTimes #ChurchNews churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2…
Farewell Service survivingchurch.org/2026/10/…
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Analysis reveals the highest proportion of vacant senior leadership positions since the Restoration after a slew of suspensions, resignations and retirements thetimes.com/uk/religion/art…
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Professor Diarmaid MacCulloch: “It’s clear the job of bishop has become more and more unattractive.”
I must say, this is what I tend to think!
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The dangers of conflating God’s voice 💬 with a human one and letting prayer ministry 🙏 turn into a form of control, even unintentionally, are among the issues explored in a new guide to prayer from the C of E’s Faith and Order Commission. #ChurchTimes churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2…
Simon Sarmiento retweeted
The cost of long vacancies in sees was among the issues discussed by the House of Bishops at its meeting this week #ChurchTimes #ChurchNews churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2…
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A major issue is for the new Synod to follow up the Iniqe report that identified that important CofE figures were deliberately obstructing independent Safeguarding.
What has Archbishops’ Council done in consequence?
