Crispin Pemberton
@crispinpemberton.bsky.social
Retired rural priest. Lover of my wife, Jesus, classical music, cricket, MCFC and fine wine, strictly in that order! That's what she says.
So very pleased to have snapped up this gorgeous painting of the Jurassic coast. Richard Corbett has captured the magic of Golden Cap in soft sunlight superbly.
May 2, 2025 at 6:28 AM
So very pleased to have snapped up this gorgeous painting of the Jurassic coast. Richard Corbett has captured the magic of Golden Cap in soft sunlight superbly.
www.thetimes.com/article/df64... How can we get smart phones out of the hands of children. They're rotting their brains.
Princess brain rot and the end of civilisation
It’s not just teenage mental health, the damage smartphones are doing to our ability to think is becoming ever clearer
www.thetimes.com
April 24, 2025 at 7:22 AM
www.thetimes.com/article/df64... How can we get smart phones out of the hands of children. They're rotting their brains.
@gloscricket.bsky.social What has happened to Cameron Green? Please keep us updated to date.
April 18, 2025 at 4:17 PM
@gloscricket.bsky.social What has happened to Cameron Green? Please keep us updated to date.
Very proud father of a fine young man who passes out of Sandhurst today. God bless all our armed servicemen and women.
April 11, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Very proud father of a fine young man who passes out of Sandhurst today. God bless all our armed servicemen and women.
@katherinepemberton.bsky.social Here's a tree from our garden/paddock.
April 7, 2025 at 12:54 PM
@katherinepemberton.bsky.social Here's a tree from our garden/paddock.
@gloscricket.bsky.social And so the season begins.....with a poor batting effort. May this not be a pattern for the whole summer.
April 4, 2025 at 3:45 PM
@gloscricket.bsky.social And so the season begins.....with a poor batting effort. May this not be a pattern for the whole summer.
@espncricinfo.com Why is it not possible to customise my CricInfo website homepage? I just don't want to have wall-to-wall IPL news and scores that I'm not interested in. Let me focus on my county team and my national team before anything else in small print, available but in a secondary place.
April 4, 2025 at 9:19 AM
@espncricinfo.com Why is it not possible to customise my CricInfo website homepage? I just don't want to have wall-to-wall IPL news and scores that I'm not interested in. Let me focus on my county team and my national team before anything else in small print, available but in a secondary place.
'Awake, harp and lyre! I will awake the dawn.' Ps.57
April 2, 2025 at 6:08 AM
'Awake, harp and lyre! I will awake the dawn.' Ps.57
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The Lib Dems should terrify the Tories – my piece on their plan to become “the party of Middle England”. www.newstatesman.com/politics/lib...
The Lib Dems should terrify the Tories
Ed Davey’s bid to take political ownership of Middle England represents an existential threat.
www.newstatesman.com
March 31, 2025 at 2:52 PM
The Lib Dems should terrify the Tories – my piece on their plan to become “the party of Middle England”. www.newstatesman.com/politics/lib...
BBC News - www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cr...
Ukraine war live updates: Putin suggests interim government for Ukraine with UN support - BBC News No, no, no! He does not get to achieve regime change like this.
Ukraine war live updates: Putin suggests interim government for Ukraine with UN support - BBC News No, no, no! He does not get to achieve regime change like this.
Ukraine war live updates: Putin suggests interim government for Ukraine with UN support
The Russian president says Moscow wants to resolve the Ukraine conflict on the condition that its root causes are removed.
www.bbc.co.uk
March 28, 2025 at 7:27 AM
BBC News - www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cr...
Ukraine war live updates: Putin suggests interim government for Ukraine with UN support - BBC News No, no, no! He does not get to achieve regime change like this.
Ukraine war live updates: Putin suggests interim government for Ukraine with UN support - BBC News No, no, no! He does not get to achieve regime change like this.
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No institution or nation can encompass the kingdom of God. When people say piously, “Thy kingdom come” out of one side of their mouth, they need also to say, “My kingdom go!” out of the other side. The kingdom of God far surpasses all kingdoms of self, personal reward, society, or nation. Rohr
March 21, 2025 at 5:10 PM
No institution or nation can encompass the kingdom of God. When people say piously, “Thy kingdom come” out of one side of their mouth, they need also to say, “My kingdom go!” out of the other side. The kingdom of God far surpasses all kingdoms of self, personal reward, society, or nation. Rohr
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1. Today the Tories unveil their new policy: ripping up the commitment to net zero by 2050. Kemi Badenoch, with no evidence, claims "it can’t be achieved without a serious drop in our living standards or by bankrupting us." What the evidence shows is the opposite. We can't prosper without it. 🧵
March 18, 2025 at 6:04 AM
1. Today the Tories unveil their new policy: ripping up the commitment to net zero by 2050. Kemi Badenoch, with no evidence, claims "it can’t be achieved without a serious drop in our living standards or by bankrupting us." What the evidence shows is the opposite. We can't prosper without it. 🧵
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📢ANALYSIS: UK emissions fell 3.6% in 2024 to lowest since 1872
🏭Coal lowest since 1666, when Great Fire ravaged London
🚗EVs pushed oil down despite more traffic, saving £1.7bn
🌇Gas down on "cleanest ever" power
📈📉Since 1990, CO2 -54% / GDP +84%
www.carbonbrief.org/...
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🏭Coal lowest since 1666, when Great Fire ravaged London
🚗EVs pushed oil down despite more traffic, saving £1.7bn
🌇Gas down on "cleanest ever" power
📈📉Since 1990, CO2 -54% / GDP +84%
www.carbonbrief.org/...
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March 12, 2025 at 12:25 PM
📢ANALYSIS: UK emissions fell 3.6% in 2024 to lowest since 1872
🏭Coal lowest since 1666, when Great Fire ravaged London
🚗EVs pushed oil down despite more traffic, saving £1.7bn
🌇Gas down on "cleanest ever" power
📈📉Since 1990, CO2 -54% / GDP +84%
www.carbonbrief.org/...
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🏭Coal lowest since 1666, when Great Fire ravaged London
🚗EVs pushed oil down despite more traffic, saving £1.7bn
🌇Gas down on "cleanest ever" power
📈📉Since 1990, CO2 -54% / GDP +84%
www.carbonbrief.org/...
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Just spent this evening weeping with laughter at this man's extraordinary live show.
March 9, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Just spent this evening weeping with laughter at this man's extraordinary live show.
So many good Lent reading options out there, but I'm going with the excellent and challenging Bishop Erik Varden of Trondheim, whose weekly sermons and blogs are so inspiring and profound.
March 5, 2025 at 1:38 PM
So many good Lent reading options out there, but I'm going with the excellent and challenging Bishop Erik Varden of Trondheim, whose weekly sermons and blogs are so inspiring and profound.
Have to say I'm grateful that Keir Starmer is PM and handling recent events. Don't think Liz T, Rishi S or Kemi B could have managed everything nearly as well. Really looking a true statesman.
March 3, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Have to say I'm grateful that Keir Starmer is PM and handling recent events. Don't think Liz T, Rishi S or Kemi B could have managed everything nearly as well. Really looking a true statesman.
Ross-on-Wye perched above the river and almost swallowed up in the Forest of Dean.
March 3, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Ross-on-Wye perched above the river and almost swallowed up in the Forest of Dean.
Shocking and disrespectful playground bullying just brought the global order crashing down. America, this weak man is not a colossus, he's just wanting to run a protection racket. It makes America look so bad, grovelling to Putin. #ImWithUkraine
March 1, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Shocking and disrespectful playground bullying just brought the global order crashing down. America, this weak man is not a colossus, he's just wanting to run a protection racket. It makes America look so bad, grovelling to Putin. #ImWithUkraine
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Planning your Lenten practices? Advice from St. Benedict: "This we can do by refusing to indulge evil habits...and look forward to holy Easter with joy and spiritual longing." Nothing dramatic or extreme - just typical monastic dullness (it works.)
- Br. Abraham (St. Gregory's Abbey) #tec
- Br. Abraham (St. Gregory's Abbey) #tec
February 24, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Planning your Lenten practices? Advice from St. Benedict: "This we can do by refusing to indulge evil habits...and look forward to holy Easter with joy and spiritual longing." Nothing dramatic or extreme - just typical monastic dullness (it works.)
- Br. Abraham (St. Gregory's Abbey) #tec
- Br. Abraham (St. Gregory's Abbey) #tec
America, please understand that Zelensky is NOT a dictator. You need to ask why Trump has become the mouthpiece for Putin's propaganda. This kind of misinformation goes too far.
February 19, 2025 at 6:21 PM
America, please understand that Zelensky is NOT a dictator. You need to ask why Trump has become the mouthpiece for Putin's propaganda. This kind of misinformation goes too far.
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Repost if you agree we should nationalise water 🔄 💦 💚
February 19, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Repost if you agree we should nationalise water 🔄 💦 💚
www.thetimes.com/article/b3bb... I invite Trump voters to take note.
Conspiracists are about to get a dose of reality
Antivaxers, cranks and fantasists thrive in safe, stable societies but the days of consequence-free idiocy may be ending
www.thetimes.com
February 18, 2025 at 7:24 AM
www.thetimes.com/article/b3bb... I invite Trump voters to take note.