Rachel Mann
@revrachelmann.bsky.social
Priest. Poet. Writer. Broadcaster. Trans. Tired. Disabled. Autistic. (Private Passions: Military History, Austen, Golden Age Detective Fiction) T.S. Eliot Prize Shortlisted 2024
Archdeacon of Salford & Bolton
16 books. www.rachelmann.co.uk
Archdeacon of Salford & Bolton
16 books. www.rachelmann.co.uk
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Welcome to the Connecting Wall. 4 groups of 4 words are hidden in the grid. Each day a new wall. Send me your 4 groups plus a connection for each group. This is just for fun!
There's no time limit but solutions will be revealed 6pm (UK time) each day. THERE ARE NO PRIZES!
Here is grid No.68.
There's no time limit but solutions will be revealed 6pm (UK time) each day. THERE ARE NO PRIZES!
Here is grid No.68.
January 5, 2026 at 5:23 AM
Welcome to the Connecting Wall. 4 groups of 4 words are hidden in the grid. Each day a new wall. Send me your 4 groups plus a connection for each group. This is just for fun!
There's no time limit but solutions will be revealed 6pm (UK time) each day. THERE ARE NO PRIZES!
Here is grid No.68.
There's no time limit but solutions will be revealed 6pm (UK time) each day. THERE ARE NO PRIZES!
Here is grid No.68.
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Let's see if this will cheer you up - Valais Blacknose sheep in the snow.
They're from the Valais region of Switzerland. Known for their unique appearance, they have contrasting black patches with a shaggy white coat.
Both male & female sheep of this breed grow spiral-shaped horns.
#sheep #cute
They're from the Valais region of Switzerland. Known for their unique appearance, they have contrasting black patches with a shaggy white coat.
Both male & female sheep of this breed grow spiral-shaped horns.
#sheep #cute
January 4, 2026 at 2:57 PM
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It would seem a well-known detective is aboard!
January 4, 2026 at 9:21 PM
It would seem a well-known detective is aboard!
In the very least, I understand the UK government will take time to assess the facts before making any kind of judgment on that action …
If Trump went for Greenland he would absolutely get it wouldn't he
January 4, 2026 at 8:40 PM
In the very least, I understand the UK government will take time to assess the facts before making any kind of judgment on that action …
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It's wild that the PM of a NATO member feels compelled to put out a statement like this vis-à-vis the US government.
January 4, 2026 at 8:23 PM
It's wild that the PM of a NATO member feels compelled to put out a statement like this vis-à-vis the US government.
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Diorama inspired by this newspaper photo.
I wanted to build a Panzer IV but show it captured or destroyed. This one is now on display to help sell bonds.
Tamiya tank, I Love Kit tank transport, Tamiya, Miniart & Masterbox details & figures
Here's the final result. This is a thread. #histscalemodels
I wanted to build a Panzer IV but show it captured or destroyed. This one is now on display to help sell bonds.
Tamiya tank, I Love Kit tank transport, Tamiya, Miniart & Masterbox details & figures
Here's the final result. This is a thread. #histscalemodels
January 3, 2026 at 6:50 PM
Diorama inspired by this newspaper photo.
I wanted to build a Panzer IV but show it captured or destroyed. This one is now on display to help sell bonds.
Tamiya tank, I Love Kit tank transport, Tamiya, Miniart & Masterbox details & figures
Here's the final result. This is a thread. #histscalemodels
I wanted to build a Panzer IV but show it captured or destroyed. This one is now on display to help sell bonds.
Tamiya tank, I Love Kit tank transport, Tamiya, Miniart & Masterbox details & figures
Here's the final result. This is a thread. #histscalemodels
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Tonight @neilmullarkey.com retires from the Comedy Store Players. I want to wish him all the best with all his other endeavours but mostly say thank you for all of the laughs over so many years. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENUFb7rp6Hc
Neil Mullarkey Check Up Scene
YouTube video by Neil Mullarkey
www.youtube.com
January 4, 2026 at 8:01 AM
Tonight @neilmullarkey.com retires from the Comedy Store Players. I want to wish him all the best with all his other endeavours but mostly say thank you for all of the laughs over so many years. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENUFb7rp6Hc
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Welcome to the Connecting Wall. 4 groups of 4 words are hidden in the grid. Each day a new wall. Send me your 4 groups plus a connection for each group. This is just for fun!
There's no time limit but solutions will be revealed 6pm (UK time) each day. THERE ARE NO PRIZES!
Here is grid No.67.
There's no time limit but solutions will be revealed 6pm (UK time) each day. THERE ARE NO PRIZES!
Here is grid No.67.
January 4, 2026 at 5:35 AM
Welcome to the Connecting Wall. 4 groups of 4 words are hidden in the grid. Each day a new wall. Send me your 4 groups plus a connection for each group. This is just for fun!
There's no time limit but solutions will be revealed 6pm (UK time) each day. THERE ARE NO PRIZES!
Here is grid No.67.
There's no time limit but solutions will be revealed 6pm (UK time) each day. THERE ARE NO PRIZES!
Here is grid No.67.
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After a slow start, I’m now all in again on the new series of #TheTraitors
January 3, 2026 at 8:28 PM
After a slow start, I’m now all in again on the new series of #TheTraitors
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Agatha's Christmas:
Still can't find Kenny B's Moustache?
Currently at 5 John Moffatt Poirots, 2 Ustinov Poirots, 1 Finney Poirot, 6 ITV Maples, 4 other Christie stories, 4 Suchet Poirots and 1 other Christie radio play. #AgathasChristmas
Still can't find Kenny B's Moustache?
Currently at 5 John Moffatt Poirots, 2 Ustinov Poirots, 1 Finney Poirot, 6 ITV Maples, 4 other Christie stories, 4 Suchet Poirots and 1 other Christie radio play. #AgathasChristmas
January 3, 2026 at 6:17 PM
Agatha's Christmas:
Still can't find Kenny B's Moustache?
Currently at 5 John Moffatt Poirots, 2 Ustinov Poirots, 1 Finney Poirot, 6 ITV Maples, 4 other Christie stories, 4 Suchet Poirots and 1 other Christie radio play. #AgathasChristmas
Still can't find Kenny B's Moustache?
Currently at 5 John Moffatt Poirots, 2 Ustinov Poirots, 1 Finney Poirot, 6 ITV Maples, 4 other Christie stories, 4 Suchet Poirots and 1 other Christie radio play. #AgathasChristmas
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If there’s one thing you can say about the Germans in WWI, they knew how to do a damned awesome paint job on their planes.
And little did they realise just what a total pain in the arse that would be for scale model makers 100+ years later. 😁
And little did they realise just what a total pain in the arse that would be for scale model makers 100+ years later. 😁
January 3, 2026 at 3:19 PM
If there’s one thing you can say about the Germans in WWI, they knew how to do a damned awesome paint job on their planes.
And little did they realise just what a total pain in the arse that would be for scale model makers 100+ years later. 😁
And little did they realise just what a total pain in the arse that would be for scale model makers 100+ years later. 😁
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So my hot take is that assuming everything the admin is telling us is true the Trump WH has pulled off a spectacular (albeit illegal) tactical coup in coop with some in Maduro’s circle, and it will now declare victory without clarifying in any way, including to itself, what the bigger strategy is.
January 3, 2026 at 1:01 PM
So my hot take is that assuming everything the admin is telling us is true the Trump WH has pulled off a spectacular (albeit illegal) tactical coup in coop with some in Maduro’s circle, and it will now declare victory without clarifying in any way, including to itself, what the bigger strategy is.
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London in the good old days - before everyone's feet pointed forwards.
January 2, 2026 at 8:24 PM
London in the good old days - before everyone's feet pointed forwards.
Great to have @nmtdambusters.bsky.social back … sorry that @jamesjhistory.bsky.social has been poorly but lovely to hear @danellin.bsky.social joining @lydiajane13.bsky.social
January 3, 2026 at 10:21 AM
Great to have @nmtdambusters.bsky.social back … sorry that @jamesjhistory.bsky.social has been poorly but lovely to hear @danellin.bsky.social joining @lydiajane13.bsky.social
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2026 has been a long year.
January 3, 2026 at 10:07 AM
2026 has been a long year.
Looking for a fresh #Lent course this year? Check out my new course based on #Wicked, #GravityDefied … available wherever books are sold … #DefyingGravity
January 3, 2026 at 9:19 AM
Looking for a fresh #Lent course this year? Check out my new course based on #Wicked, #GravityDefied … available wherever books are sold … #DefyingGravity
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Welcome to the Connecting Wall. 4 groups of 4 words are hidden in the grid. Each day a new wall. Send me your 4 groups plus a connection for each group. This is just for fun!
There's no time limit but solutions will be revealed 6pm (UK time) each day. THERE ARE NO PRIZES!
Here is grid No.66.
There's no time limit but solutions will be revealed 6pm (UK time) each day. THERE ARE NO PRIZES!
Here is grid No.66.
January 3, 2026 at 5:31 AM
Welcome to the Connecting Wall. 4 groups of 4 words are hidden in the grid. Each day a new wall. Send me your 4 groups plus a connection for each group. This is just for fun!
There's no time limit but solutions will be revealed 6pm (UK time) each day. THERE ARE NO PRIZES!
Here is grid No.66.
There's no time limit but solutions will be revealed 6pm (UK time) each day. THERE ARE NO PRIZES!
Here is grid No.66.
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There is, to my mind, no justification for the continued use by the UK Government of X as a platform for official comms. There hasn't been for some time, in fact, but if the latest developments around AI-generated image abuse and CSAM don't change the policy I really don't know what will.
NEW: People are using Elon Musk's chatbot, Grok, to alter images to depict real women being sexually abused, humiliated, hurt, and even killed.
futurism.com/future-socie...
futurism.com/future-socie...
Grok Is Being Used to Depict Horrific Violence Against Real Women
People are asking Elon Musk's Grok chatbot to alter images to depict women being sexually abused, humiliated, and even killed.
futurism.com
January 2, 2026 at 9:18 PM
There is, to my mind, no justification for the continued use by the UK Government of X as a platform for official comms. There hasn't been for some time, in fact, but if the latest developments around AI-generated image abuse and CSAM don't change the policy I really don't know what will.
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Can anyone add to my reading pile – specifically, poems about beer, *not* written by men?
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January 2, 2026 at 8:16 PM
Can anyone add to my reading pile – specifically, poems about beer, *not* written by men?
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ONLINE LESSON | Christian Clergy and Religious Life at Auschwitz
Germans incarcerated at least 464 priests, seminarians & monks as well as 35 nuns in Auschwitz. Most of them perished there or in other camps: http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/en_18_duchowienstwo/
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All our lessons: lesson.auschwitz.org
Germans incarcerated at least 464 priests, seminarians & monks as well as 35 nuns in Auschwitz. Most of them perished there or in other camps: http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/en_18_duchowienstwo/
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All our lessons: lesson.auschwitz.org
January 2, 2026 at 7:00 PM
ONLINE LESSON | Christian Clergy and Religious Life at Auschwitz
Germans incarcerated at least 464 priests, seminarians & monks as well as 35 nuns in Auschwitz. Most of them perished there or in other camps: http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/en_18_duchowienstwo/
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All our lessons: lesson.auschwitz.org
Germans incarcerated at least 464 priests, seminarians & monks as well as 35 nuns in Auschwitz. Most of them perished there or in other camps: http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/en_18_duchowienstwo/
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All our lessons: lesson.auschwitz.org
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VERY IMPORTANT PLEASE SHARE: There are many (well meaning) people who say they are getting screen-shots of GrOk AI sexual images of children to forward to authorities. THIS IS ILLEGAL.
It is NOT a defence to download (screenshot) or share any such image that you were doing it in order to stop it.
It is NOT a defence to download (screenshot) or share any such image that you were doing it in order to stop it.
January 2, 2026 at 3:59 PM
VERY IMPORTANT PLEASE SHARE: There are many (well meaning) people who say they are getting screen-shots of GrOk AI sexual images of children to forward to authorities. THIS IS ILLEGAL.
It is NOT a defence to download (screenshot) or share any such image that you were doing it in order to stop it.
It is NOT a defence to download (screenshot) or share any such image that you were doing it in order to stop it.
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This scale model of #HMSBelfast is so accurate that it even includes a tiny scale model of me and my son looking at an even tinier scale model of HMS Belfast in one of her portside compartments on 3 Deck. #HMSBelfastSquared #Modelception #histscalemodels
January 2, 2026 at 3:23 PM
This scale model of #HMSBelfast is so accurate that it even includes a tiny scale model of me and my son looking at an even tinier scale model of HMS Belfast in one of her portside compartments on 3 Deck. #HMSBelfastSquared #Modelception #histscalemodels
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Who is our Widmerpool
January 2, 2026 at 3:21 PM
Who is our Widmerpool