Graham Kings
@grahamkings.bsky.social
Bishop, theologian & poet, enjoying retirement in Cambridge, grandchildren & writing. Hon Assistant Bishop, Diocese of Ely, & Senior Research Associate, Cambridge Centre for Christianity Worldwide. https://www.grahamkings.org/ https://www.cccw.cam.ac.uk
Memories of Sir Thomas More’s ironic quip - in ‘A Man for All Seasons’ (1966) - to Richard Rich on being betrayed by him. Rich had been made Attorney General for Wales.
Sir Thomas More asks: “Why Richard, it profits a man nothing to give his soul for the whole world... but for Wales?".
Sir Thomas More asks: “Why Richard, it profits a man nothing to give his soul for the whole world... but for Wales?".
Brilliant news for Winchester Cathedral. They have won a top award at the Association of Cultural Enterprises Awards.
They're Whales exhibition won Best Event beating off strong competition from Royal Ballet and Opera and Castle Howard.
https://ow.ly/R6nJ50YhtV8
They're Whales exhibition won Best Event beating off strong competition from Royal Ballet and Opera and Castle Howard.
https://ow.ly/R6nJ50YhtV8
Winchester Cathedral Wins Top Cultural Enterprise Award for Whales - The Association of English Cathedrals
It’s a first for Winchester Cathedral who have won a top award at the Association of Cultural Enterprises Awards.
ow.ly
February 19, 2026 at 11:10 PM
Memories of Sir Thomas More’s ironic quip - in ‘A Man for All Seasons’ (1966) - to Richard Rich on being betrayed by him. Rich had been made Attorney General for Wales.
Sir Thomas More asks: “Why Richard, it profits a man nothing to give his soul for the whole world... but for Wales?".
Sir Thomas More asks: “Why Richard, it profits a man nothing to give his soul for the whole world... but for Wales?".
Reposted by Graham Kings
Roots of the Venerable English College (VEC).
In 725, King Ine of Wessex founded an English Hospice for pilgrims close to St Peter’s Basilica.
In 1362, a group of traders founded a new English Hospice on its present site, Via di Monserrato.
In 1579, VEC was founded by Gregory XIII, as a seminary.
In 725, King Ine of Wessex founded an English Hospice for pilgrims close to St Peter’s Basilica.
In 1362, a group of traders founded a new English Hospice on its present site, Via di Monserrato.
In 1579, VEC was founded by Gregory XIII, as a seminary.
February 19, 2026 at 8:13 PM
Roots of the Venerable English College (VEC).
In 725, King Ine of Wessex founded an English Hospice for pilgrims close to St Peter’s Basilica.
In 1362, a group of traders founded a new English Hospice on its present site, Via di Monserrato.
In 1579, VEC was founded by Gregory XIII, as a seminary.
In 725, King Ine of Wessex founded an English Hospice for pilgrims close to St Peter’s Basilica.
In 1362, a group of traders founded a new English Hospice on its present site, Via di Monserrato.
In 1579, VEC was founded by Gregory XIII, as a seminary.
Reposted by Graham Kings
It is notable that Andrew has been arrested for "misconduct in public office", which is precisely what the US Supreme Court decided no American president can ever be charged with.
So SCOTUS, with its fabricated-out-of-thin-air immunity doctrine, has actually made American presidents less accountable than LITERAL royalty.
Breaking News: Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, formerly known as Prince Andrew, was arrested in Britain on suspicion of misconduct in public office over his links to Jeffrey Epstein, the BBC said.
February 19, 2026 at 12:22 PM
It is notable that Andrew has been arrested for "misconduct in public office", which is precisely what the US Supreme Court decided no American president can ever be charged with.
February 19, 2026 at 5:32 PM
Rex v Mountbatten-Windsor…
#The #King was not informed in advance of his brother’s arrest, although it can be expected that the news reached him quickly.’
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor arrest: how the ‘most shocking’ day unfolded
First arrest of a senior member of royal family in modern history came on morning of former prince’s 66th birthday
www.theguardian.com
February 19, 2026 at 5:23 PM
Rex v Mountbatten-Windsor…
#The #King was not informed in advance of his brother’s arrest, although it can be expected that the news reached him quickly.’
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor arrest: how the ‘most shocking’ day unfolded
First arrest of a senior member of royal family in modern history came on morning of former prince’s 66th birthday
www.theguardian.com
February 19, 2026 at 5:20 PM
‘When one buys a pair of shoes, one is buying three things, the right shoe, the left shoe and the pair.’
A J #Ayer.
Same for Fellowships in Philosophy at an Oxford college?
A J #Ayer.
Same for Fellowships in Philosophy at an Oxford college?
Remembering a passage from A.J. Ayer's memoirs about the accidental creation of a second Philosophy fellowship at an Oxford college. The incumbent announced he was applying for a Chair in Wales, so the college recruited a new Fellow. But no one considered that he might not actually get the Chair.
February 19, 2026 at 12:43 PM
‘When one buys a pair of shoes, one is buying three things, the right shoe, the left shoe and the pair.’
A J #Ayer.
Same for Fellowships in Philosophy at an Oxford college?
A J #Ayer.
Same for Fellowships in Philosophy at an Oxford college?
‘Wherefore art thou…’
Antonia Romeo named as first female cabinet secretary
Home Office permanent secretary succeeds Sir Chris Wormald, who was sacked by the prime minister
www.thetimes.com
February 19, 2026 at 12:37 PM
‘Wherefore art thou…’
A statement from Thames Valley police said: “We have today (19/2) arrested a man in his 60s from Norfolk on suspicion of misconduct in public office and are carrying out searches at addresses in Berkshire and Norfolk. The man remains in police custody at this time.”
#RoyalFamily
#RoyalFamily
February 19, 2026 at 12:15 PM
A statement from Thames Valley police said: “We have today (19/2) arrested a man in his 60s from Norfolk on suspicion of misconduct in public office and are carrying out searches at addresses in Berkshire and Norfolk. The man remains in police custody at this time.”
#RoyalFamily
#RoyalFamily
Reposted by Graham Kings
Fri 17 April 2026, 11am - 3pm free Symposium at Westminster College, Cambridge organised by @cccwcambridge.bsky.social and @churchesengland.bsky.social on three books: ‘Connecting Christianities’, ‘Types of Christian Mission’ and ‘Mission in 21st Century Britain’.
Authors and links here:
Authors and links here:
World Christianity and Mission: A symposium on three new books
Join us in person and online to launch and discuss three recently published books on World Christianity, mission history and practice
www.eventbrite.co.uk
February 18, 2026 at 12:49 PM
Fri 17 April 2026, 11am - 3pm free Symposium at Westminster College, Cambridge organised by @cccwcambridge.bsky.social and @churchesengland.bsky.social on three books: ‘Connecting Christianities’, ‘Types of Christian Mission’ and ‘Mission in 21st Century Britain’.
Authors and links here:
Authors and links here:
Reposted by Graham Kings
The #Cambridge authors who contributed chapters to ‘Connecting Christianities’ (Brill, 2026), edited by Muthuraj Swamy and Jenny Leith, yesterday at the book launch at the Faculty of Divinity, @cam.ac.uk: Prof David Maxwell, Dr Muthuraj Swamy, Dr Jenny Leith, Prof Jörg Haustein and Dr Graham Kings.
February 18, 2026 at 12:31 PM
The #Cambridge authors who contributed chapters to ‘Connecting Christianities’ (Brill, 2026), edited by Muthuraj Swamy and Jenny Leith, yesterday at the book launch at the Faculty of Divinity, @cam.ac.uk: Prof David Maxwell, Dr Muthuraj Swamy, Dr Jenny Leith, Prof Jörg Haustein and Dr Graham Kings.
Reposted by Graham Kings
Prof Dana Robert (Boston University) and Prof David Fergusson (@cam.ac.uk) also launched ‘Connecting Christianirises’ (Brill, 2026) edited by Dr Muthuraj Swamy (Dir of CCCW) and Dr Jenny Leith (Lecturer, Westcott House, Cambridge).
@cccwcambridge.bsky.social
@cccwcambridge.bsky.social
February 18, 2026 at 11:39 AM
Prof Dana Robert (Boston University) and Prof David Fergusson (@cam.ac.uk) also launched ‘Connecting Christianirises’ (Brill, 2026) edited by Dr Muthuraj Swamy (Dir of CCCW) and Dr Jenny Leith (Lecturer, Westcott House, Cambridge).
@cccwcambridge.bsky.social
@cccwcambridge.bsky.social
Prof Dana Robert (Dir of the Centre for Global Christianity and Mission, @bostonu.bsky.social ) gave the @cccwcambridge.bsky.social 30th Anniversary lecture yesterday, 17 Feb 2026, ‘The Challenges of Sacred Charters for World Christianity‘ in Faculty of Divinity, Cambridge.
February 18, 2026 at 11:33 AM
Prof Dana Robert (Dir of the Centre for Global Christianity and Mission, @bostonu.bsky.social ) gave the @cccwcambridge.bsky.social 30th Anniversary lecture yesterday, 17 Feb 2026, ‘The Challenges of Sacred Charters for World Christianity‘ in Faculty of Divinity, Cambridge.
‘I was not born with a silver spoon in my mouth. I had a shovel programmed for my hands.’
Jesse #Jackson, cited by David Smith @theguardian.com today.
‘My constituency is the desperate, the damned, the disinherited, the disrespected and the despised…They are restless and seek relief.’
Jackson 1984.
Jesse #Jackson, cited by David Smith @theguardian.com today.
‘My constituency is the desperate, the damned, the disinherited, the disrespected and the despised…They are restless and seek relief.’
Jackson 1984.
Jesse Jackson was the living bridge between King and Obama
Jackson’s two presidential runs brought the civil rights movement into the heart of the Democratic party and opened doors for others to walk through
www.theguardian.com
February 18, 2026 at 8:46 AM
‘I was not born with a silver spoon in my mouth. I had a shovel programmed for my hands.’
Jesse #Jackson, cited by David Smith @theguardian.com today.
‘My constituency is the desperate, the damned, the disinherited, the disrespected and the despised…They are restless and seek relief.’
Jackson 1984.
Jesse #Jackson, cited by David Smith @theguardian.com today.
‘My constituency is the desperate, the damned, the disinherited, the disrespected and the despised…They are restless and seek relief.’
Jackson 1984.
Reposted by Graham Kings
With @smuthuraj.bsky.social (Director @cccwcambridge.bsky.social) and Prof Dana Robert (@bostonu.bsky.social) at the #Cambridge Centre for Christianity Worldwide this morning, before her lecture at 4pm in the Faculty of Divinity @cam.ac.uk www.cccw.cam.ac.uk/cccw-day-lec...
February 17, 2026 at 12:42 PM
With @smuthuraj.bsky.social (Director @cccwcambridge.bsky.social) and Prof Dana Robert (@bostonu.bsky.social) at the #Cambridge Centre for Christianity Worldwide this morning, before her lecture at 4pm in the Faculty of Divinity @cam.ac.uk www.cccw.cam.ac.uk/cccw-day-lec...
‘Kabare Carving: Sower of the #Word’, my new #poem, in the series of 7, expounding Benson Ndaka’s mahogany relief carvings in the library doors of St Andrew’s College, Kabare, Kenya (1991), which I commissioned.
Kabare Carving: Sower of the Word
The right mahogany door relief, based on Mark 4: 3-20, of the library of St Andrew’s College, Kabare, Kenya, carved by Benson Ndaka in 1991.
open.substack.com
February 17, 2026 at 10:12 AM
Reposted by Graham Kings
Ratcliffe’s Sky News interview fact checked by BBC Verify- wrong about almost everything
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Fact-checking Jim Ratcliffe's immigration and benefit claims
BBC Verify has been examining some of the Manchester United owner's claims.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 16, 2026 at 9:33 AM
Ratcliffe’s Sky News interview fact checked by BBC Verify- wrong about almost everything
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Reposted by Graham Kings
Prof Dana Robert’s lecture in the Faculty of Divinity, Cambridge, tomorrow, Tues 17 Feb 2026,
www.cccw.cam.ac.uk/cccw-day-lec...
marks 30th anniversary of @cccwcambridge.bsky.social .
My lecture in 1996: ‘Foundations for Mission and the Study of World Christianity: the Legacy of Henry #Martyn.’
www.cccw.cam.ac.uk/cccw-day-lec...
marks 30th anniversary of @cccwcambridge.bsky.social .
My lecture in 1996: ‘Foundations for Mission and the Study of World Christianity: the Legacy of Henry #Martyn.’
Nourishing Connections- Foundations for Mission and the Study of World Christianity: the Legacy of Henry Martyn BD
www.grahamkings.org
February 16, 2026 at 9:26 AM
Prof Dana Robert’s lecture in the Faculty of Divinity, Cambridge, tomorrow, Tues 17 Feb 2026,
www.cccw.cam.ac.uk/cccw-day-lec...
marks 30th anniversary of @cccwcambridge.bsky.social .
My lecture in 1996: ‘Foundations for Mission and the Study of World Christianity: the Legacy of Henry #Martyn.’
www.cccw.cam.ac.uk/cccw-day-lec...
marks 30th anniversary of @cccwcambridge.bsky.social .
My lecture in 1996: ‘Foundations for Mission and the Study of World Christianity: the Legacy of Henry #Martyn.’
Reposted by Graham Kings
@laurenrndll.bsky.social , my chapter 9, ‘Three Founders of #Libraries in Late Antiquity’ in ‘Connecting Christianities’, ed by Muthuraj Swamy and Jenny Leith (Brill, 2026),
focuses on Cassiodorus, Theodore and Benedict Biscop and Codex #Amiatinus.
focuses on Cassiodorus, Theodore and Benedict Biscop and Codex #Amiatinus.
brill.com
January 17, 2026 at 10:55 PM
@laurenrndll.bsky.social , my chapter 9, ‘Three Founders of #Libraries in Late Antiquity’ in ‘Connecting Christianities’, ed by Muthuraj Swamy and Jenny Leith (Brill, 2026),
focuses on Cassiodorus, Theodore and Benedict Biscop and Codex #Amiatinus.
focuses on Cassiodorus, Theodore and Benedict Biscop and Codex #Amiatinus.
Reposted by Graham Kings
Initial 'A'(ntiquo hosti, qui sub Behemoth nomine dominica voce describitur)
München, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, BSB Clm 6297; Pope Gregory I, Moralia in Job, pars VI (fragmentum); before 784; Freising; f.36v
München, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, BSB Clm 6297; Pope Gregory I, Moralia in Job, pars VI (fragmentum); before 784; Freising; f.36v
February 15, 2026 at 9:12 PM
Initial 'A'(ntiquo hosti, qui sub Behemoth nomine dominica voce describitur)
München, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, BSB Clm 6297; Pope Gregory I, Moralia in Job, pars VI (fragmentum); before 784; Freising; f.36v
München, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, BSB Clm 6297; Pope Gregory I, Moralia in Job, pars VI (fragmentum); before 784; Freising; f.36v
Indeed.
I like the government pivot to reminding voters that Farage is an avowed enemy of NATO & Europe & an ardent admirer of Vladimir Putin, who routinely orders the murders of critics & opponents. It is politically effective & morally essential.
February 15, 2026 at 9:23 PM
Indeed.