Hannah Valerie
@eckerusla.bsky.social
Assorted posts about history, church architecture, choral singing, faith, baking, travel, and cats. #ActuallyAutistic #FaithfullyLGBT 💫🌈
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Hannah Valerie
@eckerusla.bsky.social
· Dec 1
Over 2022 and 2023 I visited (or in the case of eight, revisited) all 26 English medieval cathedrals.
As an #Advent offering I'll be sharing photos here of one cathedral per day. Ish.
(List from here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archite... - other versions are also available)
#CofE
#AdventCathedralling
As an #Advent offering I'll be sharing photos here of one cathedral per day. Ish.
(List from here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archite... - other versions are also available)
#CofE
#AdventCathedralling
Today is my fifth autism #diagnosiversary, so I baked these to take into work... chocolate brainies.
Finally getting my diagnosis in one sense changed nothing - I'm still the same person I was before - but the relief, acceptance and validation I immediately felt were immense.
#ActuallyAutistic 🧠💫
Finally getting my diagnosis in one sense changed nothing - I'm still the same person I was before - but the relief, acceptance and validation I immediately felt were immense.
#ActuallyAutistic 🧠💫
November 26, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Today is my fifth autism #diagnosiversary, so I baked these to take into work... chocolate brainies.
Finally getting my diagnosis in one sense changed nothing - I'm still the same person I was before - but the relief, acceptance and validation I immediately felt were immense.
#ActuallyAutistic 🧠💫
Finally getting my diagnosis in one sense changed nothing - I'm still the same person I was before - but the relief, acceptance and validation I immediately felt were immense.
#ActuallyAutistic 🧠💫
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Join us at @gloucestercathedral.org.uk on Sunday 23 November at 3pm, where we will say thank you and farewell to Archdeacon Hilary.
We'll be so sorry to see Hilary leave ~ what a legend she is!
Read her message here 👉 gloucester.anglican.org/2025/message...
We'll be so sorry to see Hilary leave ~ what a legend she is!
Read her message here 👉 gloucester.anglican.org/2025/message...
November 5, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Join us at @gloucestercathedral.org.uk on Sunday 23 November at 3pm, where we will say thank you and farewell to Archdeacon Hilary.
We'll be so sorry to see Hilary leave ~ what a legend she is!
Read her message here 👉 gloucester.anglican.org/2025/message...
We'll be so sorry to see Hilary leave ~ what a legend she is!
Read her message here 👉 gloucester.anglican.org/2025/message...
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the official cover art for colin morgan’s debut novel, the ballad of ronan mccoy 📚
available now to pre-order in paperback, hardback, e-book and audiobook which is narrated by colin himself! 🎧
publishing june 18th, 2026
available now to pre-order in paperback, hardback, e-book and audiobook which is narrated by colin himself! 🎧
publishing june 18th, 2026
November 20, 2025 at 10:06 PM
the official cover art for colin morgan’s debut novel, the ballad of ronan mccoy 📚
available now to pre-order in paperback, hardback, e-book and audiobook which is narrated by colin himself! 🎧
publishing june 18th, 2026
available now to pre-order in paperback, hardback, e-book and audiobook which is narrated by colin himself! 🎧
publishing june 18th, 2026
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Moudhy is a brilliant and remarkable scholar and author. This should be a great conversation. If you're in Oxford this evening, do come along.
There are many lessons about sustainability from the ancient world, as there are lessons from people today. We should listen.
Tonight’s event at 6pm is at Wolfson College and anyone can attend www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-polycr...
Tonight’s event at 6pm is at Wolfson College and anyone can attend www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-polycr...
The Polycrisis: political dysfunction, meet ecological collapse
George Monbiot will be in conversation with Dr Moudhy Al-Rashid about "The Polycrisis: political dysfunction, meet ecological collapse."
www.eventbrite.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Moudhy is a brilliant and remarkable scholar and author. This should be a great conversation. If you're in Oxford this evening, do come along.
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Not sure how Labour can fully square the circle between admitting that Reform's proposals to deport children are racist, but their plans for deport children, even if born and raised in the UK, are "fair and compassionate".
November 19, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Not sure how Labour can fully square the circle between admitting that Reform's proposals to deport children are racist, but their plans for deport children, even if born and raised in the UK, are "fair and compassionate".
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Hundreds of thousands of displaced people in #Gaza face a 3rd winter without protection or basics.
Many live in worn-out tents which quickly flood, soaking people’s belongings, leaving families exposed to the cold.
More shelter supplies are urgently needed. UNRWA has them. Let us bring them in.
Many live in worn-out tents which quickly flood, soaking people’s belongings, leaving families exposed to the cold.
More shelter supplies are urgently needed. UNRWA has them. Let us bring them in.
November 17, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Hundreds of thousands of displaced people in #Gaza face a 3rd winter without protection or basics.
Many live in worn-out tents which quickly flood, soaking people’s belongings, leaving families exposed to the cold.
More shelter supplies are urgently needed. UNRWA has them. Let us bring them in.
Many live in worn-out tents which quickly flood, soaking people’s belongings, leaving families exposed to the cold.
More shelter supplies are urgently needed. UNRWA has them. Let us bring them in.
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Her portrayal of asylum seekers doesn't just respond to the racist narratives of the Far Right: by othering asylum seekers as unworthy winners of riches, in implicit contrast to struggling families, Shabana Mahmood actively promotes and feeds those Far Right lies.
For Shabana Mahmood to attack some of the most cruelly treated people in the world as having won a "golden ticket" because they manage to get to and claim asylum in Britain is unforgiveable.
A new, far right, low for which I can think of no precedent, by any UK Government.
A new, far right, low for which I can think of no precedent, by any UK Government.
November 16, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Her portrayal of asylum seekers doesn't just respond to the racist narratives of the Far Right: by othering asylum seekers as unworthy winners of riches, in implicit contrast to struggling families, Shabana Mahmood actively promotes and feeds those Far Right lies.
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The fact that abuse of people who are not deemed sufficiently “vulnerable” according to several categories is deemed not a safeguarding matter is simply insane. Everyone deserves to be protected from abuse, not just those who fall into certain categories. #CofEpeeps #safeguarding
"There is insufficient urgency and pace in implementing responses to past safeguarding reviews"
Good to see the Charity Commission has issued the Archbishops' Council a Regulatory Action Plan.
www.gov.uk/government/n...
Good to see the Charity Commission has issued the Archbishops' Council a Regulatory Action Plan.
www.gov.uk/government/n...
Church of England charity must rapidly accelerate safeguarding reforms
The Archbishops’ Council of the Church of England must rapidly accelerate the delivery of safeguarding improvements and close gaps in its approach to handling complaints, the charity regulator has war...
www.gov.uk
November 15, 2025 at 3:34 PM
The fact that abuse of people who are not deemed sufficiently “vulnerable” according to several categories is deemed not a safeguarding matter is simply insane. Everyone deserves to be protected from abuse, not just those who fall into certain categories. #CofEpeeps #safeguarding
"Everything
Changes and moves in the split second between summer’s
Sprawling past and winter’s hard revision...
the season begins moving
Around us even as its colorful weather moves us" 🍂🍁🍄
(From 'Fall' by Edward Hirsch)
📍 Westonbirt Arboretum
Changes and moves in the split second between summer’s
Sprawling past and winter’s hard revision...
the season begins moving
Around us even as its colorful weather moves us" 🍂🍁🍄
(From 'Fall' by Edward Hirsch)
📍 Westonbirt Arboretum
November 15, 2025 at 3:57 PM
"Everything
Changes and moves in the split second between summer’s
Sprawling past and winter’s hard revision...
the season begins moving
Around us even as its colorful weather moves us" 🍂🍁🍄
(From 'Fall' by Edward Hirsch)
📍 Westonbirt Arboretum
Changes and moves in the split second between summer’s
Sprawling past and winter’s hard revision...
the season begins moving
Around us even as its colorful weather moves us" 🍂🍁🍄
(From 'Fall' by Edward Hirsch)
📍 Westonbirt Arboretum
I am deeply ashamed to be British at times like this. And feel so foolish at the optimism I initially felt when Labour won the last election.
This is as bad as anything proposed by Reform.
Leaving refugees in permanent limbo and unable to build a new life in the UK would be a complete abdication of our humanitarian responsibilities
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Leaving refugees in permanent limbo and unable to build a new life in the UK would be a complete abdication of our humanitarian responsibilities
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK set to limit refugees to temporary stays
Shabana Mahmood is expected to say the era of permanent protection for refugees is over, in major changes to the UK's asylum and immigration system.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 3:32 PM
I am deeply ashamed to be British at times like this. And feel so foolish at the optimism I initially felt when Labour won the last election.
A welcome sunny morning today. Making the most of this view on my way into work while I still can... office move imminent. 😢
#GloucesterCathedral
#CofE
@gloucestercathedral.org.uk
@glosdioc.bsky.social
#GloucesterCathedral
#CofE
@gloucestercathedral.org.uk
@glosdioc.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 10:48 PM
A welcome sunny morning today. Making the most of this view on my way into work while I still can... office move imminent. 😢
#GloucesterCathedral
#CofE
@gloucestercathedral.org.uk
@glosdioc.bsky.social
#GloucesterCathedral
#CofE
@gloucestercathedral.org.uk
@glosdioc.bsky.social
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It would be absolutely lovely to completely fill up the slots at this roast dinner fundraiser for the soup kitchen and food bank at my church. We serve anyone, no need for referral or means-testing.
Instructions in my reply to the quoted post.
Instructions in my reply to the quoted post.
If you'd like a lovely roast dinner in Islington on Monday 1st December and also to support our excellent soup kitchen and food bank, good news! Mabruk at The Great Chase is donating 100% of costs from roast dinners that night. Advance booking only, see reply to this for details...
November 11, 2025 at 7:17 PM
It would be absolutely lovely to completely fill up the slots at this roast dinner fundraiser for the soup kitchen and food bank at my church. We serve anyone, no need for referral or means-testing.
Instructions in my reply to the quoted post.
Instructions in my reply to the quoted post.
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The next lead bishop for #safeguarding in the #ChurchofEngland is to be the Bishop of Tewkesbury, in the diocese of Gloucester, the Rt Revd Robert Springett
#safeguardingbishop #churchnews #churchtimes
#safeguardingbishop #churchnews #churchtimes
Bishops of Tewkesbury and St Edmundsbury & Ipswich swap roles as Church’s safeguarding leads
Bishop Springett succeeds Dr Grenfell, whose three-year term ends in March 2026
www.churchtimes.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 7:42 PM
The next lead bishop for #safeguarding in the #ChurchofEngland is to be the Bishop of Tewkesbury, in the diocese of Gloucester, the Rt Revd Robert Springett
#safeguardingbishop #churchnews #churchtimes
#safeguardingbishop #churchnews #churchtimes
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From bright reds and golds to ochre and orange, take a moment to enjoy nature's glorious autumn palette.
📷: Lea
📷: Lea
November 11, 2025 at 5:30 PM
From bright reds and golds to ochre and orange, take a moment to enjoy nature's glorious autumn palette.
📷: Lea
📷: Lea
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Displaced families should not face winter alone.
UNHCR teams are on the ground—but resources are running low.
We must act now, before the cold sets in.
Give warmth. Save lives.
➡️ unh.cr/9vL4J1
UNHCR teams are on the ground—but resources are running low.
We must act now, before the cold sets in.
Give warmth. Save lives.
➡️ unh.cr/9vL4J1
November 11, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Displaced families should not face winter alone.
UNHCR teams are on the ground—but resources are running low.
We must act now, before the cold sets in.
Give warmth. Save lives.
➡️ unh.cr/9vL4J1
UNHCR teams are on the ground—but resources are running low.
We must act now, before the cold sets in.
Give warmth. Save lives.
➡️ unh.cr/9vL4J1
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In Syria and Jordan, funding cuts mean 750,000 people may go without warm clothes, mattresses or shelter repairs.
In Afghanistan, many returnees have nothing—some have never even lived there before.
In Ukraine, temperatures may reach -20°C while attacks damage heating systems.
In Afghanistan, many returnees have nothing—some have never even lived there before.
In Ukraine, temperatures may reach -20°C while attacks damage heating systems.
November 11, 2025 at 1:25 PM
In Syria and Jordan, funding cuts mean 750,000 people may go without warm clothes, mattresses or shelter repairs.
In Afghanistan, many returnees have nothing—some have never even lived there before.
In Ukraine, temperatures may reach -20°C while attacks damage heating systems.
In Afghanistan, many returnees have nothing—some have never even lived there before.
In Ukraine, temperatures may reach -20°C while attacks damage heating systems.
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Last week, in the hush of the Romanesque crypt at St Mary’s, Lastingham, I 📸 a 10th-century cross-shaft — Viking interlace entwined with Saxon geometry — a visual and decorative bridge between cultures and continuity.
November 10, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Last week, in the hush of the Romanesque crypt at St Mary’s, Lastingham, I 📸 a 10th-century cross-shaft — Viking interlace entwined with Saxon geometry — a visual and decorative bridge between cultures and continuity.
Sparklers and homemade toffee apple muffins for tonight's church small group social 🎆
November 6, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Sparklers and homemade toffee apple muffins for tonight's church small group social 🎆
Shout-out to @waterstones.bsky.social and Royal Mail for getting this beauty to me two days prior to publication! Congratulations, @drjaninaramirez.bsky.social - looking forward to diving in. 🥰💙🌟
#Legenda
#Legenda
November 4, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Shout-out to @waterstones.bsky.social and Royal Mail for getting this beauty to me two days prior to publication! Congratulations, @drjaninaramirez.bsky.social - looking forward to diving in. 🥰💙🌟
#Legenda
#Legenda
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Top Ten Best Cat Breeds
1. Dumpster Blessing
2. Freelance Tenderloaf
3. Gutter Angel
4. Just Showed Up One Day
5. Royal Trash Goblin
6. Crime Child
7. Snack Master General
8. Le Slinkus
9. Crusty Sea Captain
10. Classic Potato
1. Dumpster Blessing
2. Freelance Tenderloaf
3. Gutter Angel
4. Just Showed Up One Day
5. Royal Trash Goblin
6. Crime Child
7. Snack Master General
8. Le Slinkus
9. Crusty Sea Captain
10. Classic Potato
August 3, 2023 at 6:04 AM
Top Ten Best Cat Breeds
1. Dumpster Blessing
2. Freelance Tenderloaf
3. Gutter Angel
4. Just Showed Up One Day
5. Royal Trash Goblin
6. Crime Child
7. Snack Master General
8. Le Slinkus
9. Crusty Sea Captain
10. Classic Potato
1. Dumpster Blessing
2. Freelance Tenderloaf
3. Gutter Angel
4. Just Showed Up One Day
5. Royal Trash Goblin
6. Crime Child
7. Snack Master General
8. Le Slinkus
9. Crusty Sea Captain
10. Classic Potato
Oh #TewkesburyAbbey, you gorgeous show-off, you... 🎆
November 2, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Oh #TewkesburyAbbey, you gorgeous show-off, you... 🎆
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A pair of Bovine Bolete (Suillus bovinus) in a stand of Pine & Beech 🌲🌳🍂 #Fungi #Mushrooms
November 1, 2025 at 4:00 PM
A pair of Bovine Bolete (Suillus bovinus) in a stand of Pine & Beech 🌲🌳🍂 #Fungi #Mushrooms
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This is completely true.
November 1, 2025 at 2:09 AM
This is completely true.
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Amen to this (though the Prayers of Love and Faith still feel like scraps/the bare minimum of inclusivity).
Please consider also signing/sharing, if you feel able. 💕🌈
@inclusivechurch.bsky.social
#InclusiveChurch #FaithfullyLGBT
#CofE
Please consider also signing/sharing, if you feel able. 💕🌈
@inclusivechurch.bsky.social
#InclusiveChurch #FaithfullyLGBT
#CofE
I've signed this open letter. #CofEpeeps, lay or ordained, if you want the church to become more fully affirming of LGBTQ+ folks, please read this letter from Inclusive Church and consider signing it.
www.inclusive-church.org/llf-open-let...
www.inclusive-church.org/llf-open-let...
LLF Open Letter – Inclusive Church
www.inclusive-church.org
October 24, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Amen to this (though the Prayers of Love and Faith still feel like scraps/the bare minimum of inclusivity).
Please consider also signing/sharing, if you feel able. 💕🌈
@inclusivechurch.bsky.social
#InclusiveChurch #FaithfullyLGBT
#CofE
Please consider also signing/sharing, if you feel able. 💕🌈
@inclusivechurch.bsky.social
#InclusiveChurch #FaithfullyLGBT
#CofE
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A ceasefire that kills 104 people overnight isn’t really a ceasefire – it’s more proof of our government’s disdain for life across this land. No more families should have to grieve their loved ones, and suffer trauma after trauma. We all deserve a future without endless bloodshed and violence. (2/2)
October 30, 2025 at 5:18 PM
A ceasefire that kills 104 people overnight isn’t really a ceasefire – it’s more proof of our government’s disdain for life across this land. No more families should have to grieve their loved ones, and suffer trauma after trauma. We all deserve a future without endless bloodshed and violence. (2/2)