Peter Kershaw
@notthatelderpeter.bsky.social
Scot, high Presbyterian: interested in Scottish ecclesiastical history. Volunteer/trustee for www.powis.scot, cataloguing ecclesiastical buildings and sites in Scotland. Views my own.
Also, bread and circuses...
November 28, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Also, bread and circuses...
It's amazing how many prominent Brexit supporters would rather live in the EU than in Britain
November 28, 2025 at 9:27 AM
It's amazing how many prominent Brexit supporters would rather live in the EU than in Britain
It is ironic (to say the least) that the Church of Scotland wishes to sell off Culross Abbey whilst (as mentioned in the article) part funding the Fife Pilgrim Way Pastor.
November 27, 2025 at 10:13 PM
It is ironic (to say the least) that the Church of Scotland wishes to sell off Culross Abbey whilst (as mentioned in the article) part funding the Fife Pilgrim Way Pastor.
If you want fantasy world building, Terry Pratchett is the man!
November 27, 2025 at 9:26 AM
If you want fantasy world building, Terry Pratchett is the man!
You could also feel it swaying in the wind...
November 26, 2025 at 11:00 PM
You could also feel it swaying in the wind...
Must have been your English teacher's. But the Appleton Tower looked like it was falling down even as early as the 1970's.
November 26, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Must have been your English teacher's. But the Appleton Tower looked like it was falling down even as early as the 1970's.
Is the accurate term not "useful idiot"?
November 26, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Is the accurate term not "useful idiot"?
There used to be a notice by the washbasins at 121 that paper towels had less impact on the environment than hand driers, if I remember correctly - but that must go back 6 or 7 years.
November 25, 2025 at 6:57 PM
There used to be a notice by the washbasins at 121 that paper towels had less impact on the environment than hand driers, if I remember correctly - but that must go back 6 or 7 years.
It would have been good to have had the full information about the track in the broadcast intro in the programme, rather than implying that what was being played was what Rachmaninov heard in the first performance. #radio3
November 25, 2025 at 9:36 AM
It would have been good to have had the full information about the track in the broadcast intro in the programme, rather than implying that what was being played was what Rachmaninov heard in the first performance. #radio3
It goes back a lot longer than that!
November 24, 2025 at 4:31 PM
It goes back a lot longer than that!
Better than not buying enough... (and there's an allowance for "accidents" as well)
November 23, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Better than not buying enough... (and there's an allowance for "accidents" as well)
And that's not an argument.
November 23, 2025 at 1:05 PM
And that's not an argument.
And the land is not permanently lost to agriculture.
November 22, 2025 at 10:35 PM
And the land is not permanently lost to agriculture.
True, but the farming methods have changed markedly: far far fewer people working the land, a much less varied landscape nowadays (even over the last 50 years!) Solar farms don't necessarily mean abandoning farming. Crops can be grown round the panels, animal's can graze between them.
November 22, 2025 at 10:34 PM
True, but the farming methods have changed markedly: far far fewer people working the land, a much less varied landscape nowadays (even over the last 50 years!) Solar farms don't necessarily mean abandoning farming. Crops can be grown round the panels, animal's can graze between them.
I saw a "Guide to Buying a Church building" produced by one of the England-based heritage groups, and this was one of the major obstacles it identified. It was very keen to point out that volunteer based groups needed a strategy for ensuring future recruitment.
November 22, 2025 at 7:36 PM
I saw a "Guide to Buying a Church building" produced by one of the England-based heritage groups, and this was one of the major obstacles it identified. It was very keen to point out that volunteer based groups needed a strategy for ensuring future recruitment.
I find his claim that the landscape hasn't changed in about 2000 years rather undermines any further argument.
November 22, 2025 at 6:45 PM
I find his claim that the landscape hasn't changed in about 2000 years rather undermines any further argument.
Posties wear shorts because legs dry quicker than trousers (according to our postman)
November 17, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Posties wear shorts because legs dry quicker than trousers (according to our postman)
The modern day Biblical version of Betteridge using "Robinson Crusoe".
November 14, 2025 at 10:40 PM
The modern day Biblical version of Betteridge using "Robinson Crusoe".
But is it as respectful as Empire (German!) biscuits with poppies on the icing?
November 9, 2025 at 10:49 PM
But is it as respectful as Empire (German!) biscuits with poppies on the icing?
Thanks for that - the "pip-squeak" slang that I knew from that date (?) referred to what later became a jobsworth. No doubt there's another version current now!
November 4, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Thanks for that - the "pip-squeak" slang that I knew from that date (?) referred to what later became a jobsworth. No doubt there's another version current now!
They also became parts of a children's game (all sit in a circle, each child "named" Pip, Squeak or Wilfred, and when the leader called one name all the ones so named had to get up and run round the circle. Great fun when you are 7...
November 4, 2025 at 9:43 PM
They also became parts of a children's game (all sit in a circle, each child "named" Pip, Squeak or Wilfred, and when the leader called one name all the ones so named had to get up and run round the circle. Great fun when you are 7...