Catriona Robertson
@multifaith.bsky.social
religious & unreligious people getting along • reconciliation • intentional community • justice • public policy • nature+climate • liturgy • arts
https://catrionarobertson.substack.com
https://catrionarobertson.substack.com
Memories of WOW, for years @southbankcentre.bsky.social , appreciation of women in my life & past generations (hunger marchers tending blisters - #Resistance exhibition, Margate) @wahidashaffi.bsky.social @carolinerussell.bsky.social @fidgefidgin.bsky.social #IWD25
March 8, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Memories of WOW, for years @southbankcentre.bsky.social , appreciation of women in my life & past generations (hunger marchers tending blisters - #Resistance exhibition, Margate) @wahidashaffi.bsky.social @carolinerussell.bsky.social @fidgefidgin.bsky.social #IWD25
To everyone observing this special month in the Islamic year, Ramadan Mubarak #ramadanmubarak
February 28, 2025 at 9:13 PM
To everyone observing this special month in the Islamic year, Ramadan Mubarak #ramadanmubarak
‘Here a woman is blindfolded. She is on her knees, in straw in front of a block of wood. A man with an axe waits at her side. His weapon rests inverted while the woman's hands move, feeling the darkness.’ Katrina Palmer’s brilliant “The Touch Report” @nationalgalleryldn.bsky.social
February 26, 2025 at 6:24 PM
‘Here a woman is blindfolded. She is on her knees, in straw in front of a block of wood. A man with an axe waits at her side. His weapon rests inverted while the woman's hands move, feeling the darkness.’ Katrina Palmer’s brilliant “The Touch Report” @nationalgalleryldn.bsky.social
Gallery in Margate packed on its first day - uplifted by images of hope and of action for change #Resistance
February 22, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Gallery in Margate packed on its first day - uplifted by images of hope and of action for change #Resistance
#Resistance - I was in there somewhere - against the war on Iraq, 15 February 2003
February 22, 2025 at 2:27 PM
#Resistance - I was in there somewhere - against the war on Iraq, 15 February 2003
Bottle dump at Cadbury Schweppes HQ 1971 by Friends of the Earth - against the withdrawal of deposit system on glass bottles & in favour of recycling #Resistance
February 22, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Bottle dump at Cadbury Schweppes HQ 1971 by Friends of the Earth - against the withdrawal of deposit system on glass bottles & in favour of recycling #Resistance
Too much armour, too little brain - Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, Ban the Bomb, 1960 #Resistance
February 22, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Too much armour, too little brain - Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, Ban the Bomb, 1960 #Resistance
Against Clause 28, 1988 #Resistance
February 22, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Against Clause 28, 1988 #Resistance
“They shall not pass” Battle of Cable St 1936 - anti-fascist blockades in London’s East End against Mosley, adopting Spanish Civil War slogans #Resistance
February 22, 2025 at 2:15 PM
“They shall not pass” Battle of Cable St 1936 - anti-fascist blockades in London’s East End against Mosley, adopting Spanish Civil War slogans #Resistance
Greenham Common women’s peace camps - dancing on the missile silos
February 22, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Greenham Common women’s peace camps - dancing on the missile silos
Women’s Liberation Movement 1970s
February 22, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Women’s Liberation Movement 1970s
#SteveMcQueen #Resistance at @turnercontemporary.bsky.social Margate - from small protests to million-strong marches, people out on the streets to get things changed. Hunger marches & lie-ins 1930s
February 22, 2025 at 2:09 PM
#SteveMcQueen #Resistance at @turnercontemporary.bsky.social Margate - from small protests to million-strong marches, people out on the streets to get things changed. Hunger marches & lie-ins 1930s
Auschwitz, where my husband cried & I got angry, and where over a million people were murdered as part of the planned killing of all Jewish people & many others by Nazi Germany in occupied Europe 1941-45 #HMD2025
January 27, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Auschwitz, where my husband cried & I got angry, and where over a million people were murdered as part of the planned killing of all Jewish people & many others by Nazi Germany in occupied Europe 1941-45 #HMD2025
Seaweed on the south coast today
January 20, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Seaweed on the south coast today
Hilfield Friary this morning
January 19, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Hilfield Friary this morning
That Was The News That Was
BBC News, World Service, Bush House, Greg Dyke - bitterly comic true-life episodes from inside the newsroom, starting December 2001 - March 2002 open.substack.com/pub/moorecg/p/…
BBC News, World Service, Bush House, Greg Dyke - bitterly comic true-life episodes from inside the newsroom, starting December 2001 - March 2002 open.substack.com/pub/moorecg/p/…
January 9, 2025 at 2:51 PM
That Was The News That Was
BBC News, World Service, Bush House, Greg Dyke - bitterly comic true-life episodes from inside the newsroom, starting December 2001 - March 2002 open.substack.com/pub/moorecg/p/…
BBC News, World Service, Bush House, Greg Dyke - bitterly comic true-life episodes from inside the newsroom, starting December 2001 - March 2002 open.substack.com/pub/moorecg/p/…
“Truth in its beauty & love in its tenderness” - allowing the mysteries of Epiphany to settle. The tune Was Lebet has some of the best harmonies. Different aesthetics for the wise men at the crib - Rudolf Steiner, Italianate, home-grown, nothing to scale open.spotify.com/track/06ZuJg...
January 7, 2025 at 9:19 PM
“Truth in its beauty & love in its tenderness” - allowing the mysteries of Epiphany to settle. The tune Was Lebet has some of the best harmonies. Different aesthetics for the wise men at the crib - Rudolf Steiner, Italianate, home-grown, nothing to scale open.spotify.com/track/06ZuJg...
Iona calendar up on the kitchen wall today, plus pencil on a string. Gorgeous pictures. Thank you Iona Village Hall Community Trust - happy days!
January 1, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Iona calendar up on the kitchen wall today, plus pencil on a string. Gorgeous pictures. Thank you Iona Village Hall Community Trust - happy days!
Salisbury Cathedral in the fog today
December 27, 2024 at 10:05 PM
Salisbury Cathedral in the fog today
Riffing on nine lessons & carols, a deep dive into the mystery, politics, desperation & beauty of today. Sharp, soulful readings, a hurdy-gurdy, clashing & sweet harmonies from @shardsvoices @tomrasmussen with @londonreviewofbooks at @stonenest_ldn (which was built for song as a Welsh Chapel 1888)
December 6, 2024 at 1:05 AM
Riffing on nine lessons & carols, a deep dive into the mystery, politics, desperation & beauty of today. Sharp, soulful readings, a hurdy-gurdy, clashing & sweet harmonies from @shardsvoices @tomrasmussen with @londonreviewofbooks at @stonenest_ldn (which was built for song as a Welsh Chapel 1888)
The Christmas tree from Norway at Trafalgar Square, moving in the wind & the rain this evening 🇳🇴
December 5, 2024 at 10:19 PM
The Christmas tree from Norway at Trafalgar Square, moving in the wind & the rain this evening 🇳🇴
Frosty morning in Leicestershire yesterday
November 29, 2024 at 10:39 AM
Frosty morning in Leicestershire yesterday
Precision theatre with a fierce & generous heart from @shittheatre at @sohotheatre this evening, turning to old tunes & songs as a salve for the soul, including the Parting Glass (being Scottish, this one’s close to me). Bravo!
November 21, 2024 at 12:01 AM
Precision theatre with a fierce & generous heart from @shittheatre at @sohotheatre this evening, turning to old tunes & songs as a salve for the soul, including the Parting Glass (being Scottish, this one’s close to me). Bravo!
Nothing masks the smell of Despair - bullying, mental health, bad food, locked in
Brilliant sculpture created from hanging air fresheners at @southbankcentre. Work by people in criminal justice settings.
Koestler Arts: No Comment, curated by @jeremydeller & John Costi
Brilliant sculpture created from hanging air fresheners at @southbankcentre. Work by people in criminal justice settings.
Koestler Arts: No Comment, curated by @jeremydeller & John Costi
November 16, 2024 at 5:33 PM
Nothing masks the smell of Despair - bullying, mental health, bad food, locked in
Brilliant sculpture created from hanging air fresheners at @southbankcentre. Work by people in criminal justice settings.
Koestler Arts: No Comment, curated by @jeremydeller & John Costi
Brilliant sculpture created from hanging air fresheners at @southbankcentre. Work by people in criminal justice settings.
Koestler Arts: No Comment, curated by @jeremydeller & John Costi
On the climate march in London with Faith for the Climate, Quakers & the Iona Community #InterFaithWeek #COP29Azerbaijan
November 16, 2024 at 2:47 PM
On the climate march in London with Faith for the Climate, Quakers & the Iona Community #InterFaithWeek #COP29Azerbaijan