Chris Swift
@cswift1.bsky.social
York getting some of its first snow this season - but always looking good. Congratulations to all graduating today in York, Sheffield & everywhere else.
November 20, 2025 at 10:10 AM
York getting some of its first snow this season - but always looking good. Congratulations to all graduating today in York, Sheffield & everywhere else.
Lovely autumn colours in York.
November 2, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Lovely autumn colours in York.
The central altar has a tester suspended above it, a decorative wooden panel. This isn’t a kind of movable nave altar but a far more substantial reflection of the Second Viscount Halifax’s High Church theology. The altar was commissioned by his son in memory of his father.
September 28, 2025 at 7:44 PM
The central altar has a tester suspended above it, a decorative wooden panel. This isn’t a kind of movable nave altar but a far more substantial reflection of the Second Viscount Halifax’s High Church theology. The altar was commissioned by his son in memory of his father.
Lovely to be at St Andrew Bugthorpe this morning - my first visit. Grade 1 listed since the 1960s with a central altar created by Lord Halifax in 1937.
September 28, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Lovely to be at St Andrew Bugthorpe this morning - my first visit. Grade 1 listed since the 1960s with a central altar created by Lord Halifax in 1937.
Church keys have a character all of their own - and are still in use.
August 3, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Church keys have a character all of their own - and are still in use.
The cathedral of Trondheim.
June 21, 2025 at 7:54 AM
The cathedral of Trondheim.
Behind York Art Gallery is a new wildflower meadow for 2025 which incorporates 27 native wildflowers that are superb nectar sources for butterflies, bees & other pollinators during their most active time of the year from mid-June to mid-September. Not what you might expect to find in a city! Fab.
May 28, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Behind York Art Gallery is a new wildflower meadow for 2025 which incorporates 27 native wildflowers that are superb nectar sources for butterflies, bees & other pollinators during their most active time of the year from mid-June to mid-September. Not what you might expect to find in a city! Fab.
A very enjoyable walk today from/to Muker via Keld with @canonmaggie.The Dales looking at their best with a mixture of light & shadow. Dry underfoot & still some flow in the Swale & its feeder streams.
May 18, 2025 at 5:35 PM
A very enjoyable walk today from/to Muker via Keld with @canonmaggie.The Dales looking at their best with a mixture of light & shadow. Dry underfoot & still some flow in the Swale & its feeder streams.
The ritual Easter blessing of iPhones requires them to be raised at the start of the service… Cathedral at Santiago de Compestela.
April 20, 2025 at 11:41 AM
The ritual Easter blessing of iPhones requires them to be raised at the start of the service… Cathedral at Santiago de Compestela.
A starry night above the Chapter House roof @yorkminster.bsky.social - with the brightness of the crescent moon revealing the entirety of its earth-facing surface.
April 1, 2025 at 8:30 PM
A starry night above the Chapter House roof @yorkminster.bsky.social - with the brightness of the crescent moon revealing the entirety of its earth-facing surface.
Today, on Refreshment Sunday, my Lent book I offered a stencil of a marbled page @lsternetrust.bsky.social reflecting Sterne’s use of one in Shandy, unexpectedly, to show the limits of language. One reader took me up on the offer to colour her own page & this is the pleasing result.
March 30, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Today, on Refreshment Sunday, my Lent book I offered a stencil of a marbled page @lsternetrust.bsky.social reflecting Sterne’s use of one in Shandy, unexpectedly, to show the limits of language. One reader took me up on the offer to colour her own page & this is the pleasing result.
Blue skies behind: dark skies ahead.
March 15, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Blue skies behind: dark skies ahead.
“The morning steals upon the night, Melting the darkness”.
March 5, 2025 at 7:00 AM
“The morning steals upon the night, Melting the darkness”.
@yorkminster.bsky.social on a frosty St David’s Day morning. Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Hapus!
March 1, 2025 at 6:33 AM
@yorkminster.bsky.social on a frosty St David’s Day morning. Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Hapus!
Venus seen above the central tower @yorkminster.bsky.social
February 27, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Venus seen above the central tower @yorkminster.bsky.social
On the day we remember George Herbert it’s a good moment to give thanks for his humour & skill in crafting poetry which has stood the test of time & expresses theology & spiritually with humour, economy and depth.
February 27, 2025 at 1:35 PM
On the day we remember George Herbert it’s a good moment to give thanks for his humour & skill in crafting poetry which has stood the test of time & expresses theology & spiritually with humour, economy and depth.
7:05 & 8:05 this morning @yorkminster.bsky.social
February 26, 2025 at 8:19 AM
7:05 & 8:05 this morning @yorkminster.bsky.social
Great to spend some time with students at the University of York Anglican Society discussing Lent books inc A Sterne Lent. The churchyard at Heslington awash with snowdrops. New life springing up all around.
February 18, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Great to spend some time with students at the University of York Anglican Society discussing Lent books inc A Sterne Lent. The churchyard at Heslington awash with snowdrops. New life springing up all around.
The moon above @yorkminster.bsky.social tonight viewed from the NE.
February 5, 2025 at 10:00 PM
The moon above @yorkminster.bsky.social tonight viewed from the NE.
How have Lent books developed in recent years? Introducing’A Sterne Lent’ @lsternetrust.bsky.social
February 5, 2025 at 9:08 AM
How have Lent books developed in recent years? Introducing’A Sterne Lent’ @lsternetrust.bsky.social
“As we rejoice in the gift of your presence among us let the light of your love always shine in our hearts” - some stunning views to accompany @churchofengland.org morning prayer app.
February 3, 2025 at 8:01 AM
“As we rejoice in the gift of your presence among us let the light of your love always shine in our hearts” - some stunning views to accompany @churchofengland.org morning prayer app.
The second excerpt from my conversation with Patrick Wildgust @LSterneTrust about my Lent book A Sterne Lent - 40 days with the celebrity parson the church forgot. So what is a Lent book?
January 29, 2025 at 7:48 AM
The second excerpt from my conversation with Patrick Wildgust @LSterneTrust about my Lent book A Sterne Lent - 40 days with the celebrity parson the church forgot. So what is a Lent book?
Gorgeous early morning light on @yorkminster.bsky.social
January 29, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Gorgeous early morning light on @yorkminster.bsky.social