Ryan Sinnott
@ryansinnott.bsky.social
Works in asset management. Australian living in London (well, West Kent). Gay with pride.
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Pleased to review Fred Smith’s excellent 'Transnational Catholicism in Tudor England', now out in Reformation. The book shows how English Catholicism was 'shaped, defined, and sustained' through exchanges of ideas and people across Britain and Continental Europe.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Transnational Catholicism in Tudor England: Mobility, Exile and Counter-Reformation, 1530–1580
Published in Reformation (Vol. 30, No. 2, 2025)
www.tandfonline.com
October 26, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Pleased to review Fred Smith’s excellent 'Transnational Catholicism in Tudor England', now out in Reformation. The book shows how English Catholicism was 'shaped, defined, and sustained' through exchanges of ideas and people across Britain and Continental Europe.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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OTD in 1623, the Fatal Vespers tragedy occurred: a building hosting a secret Catholic service in Blackfriars collapsed, killing around 100. The aftermath saw vicious anti-Catholic violence, but, as I explored, it also reveals much about tolerance & Catholicism in London. doi.org/10.1017/bch....
October 26, 2025 at 1:03 PM
OTD in 1623, the Fatal Vespers tragedy occurred: a building hosting a secret Catholic service in Blackfriars collapsed, killing around 100. The aftermath saw vicious anti-Catholic violence, but, as I explored, it also reveals much about tolerance & Catholicism in London. doi.org/10.1017/bch....
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Cracking statement from Sandi Toksvig who is standing for Chancellor of the University of Cambridge!
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www.cam.ac.uk/about-the-un...
Statement from Ms Sandi Toksvig
The first known chancellor of Cambridge was Richard of Wetheringsett who served sometime between 1215 and 1232. After that we have had a plethora of other Richards, many Johns and an awful lot of
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May 28, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Cracking statement from Sandi Toksvig who is standing for Chancellor of the University of Cambridge!
www.cam.ac.uk/about-the-un...
www.cam.ac.uk/about-the-un...
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The BSL during Finland was sensational #Eurovision
May 17, 2025 at 8:23 PM
The BSL during Finland was sensational #Eurovision
May 17, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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Loving Latvia. Volume's gone up, annoying my partner
May 17, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Loving Latvia. Volume's gone up, annoying my partner
Musical theatre from the UK
May 17, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Musical theatre from the UK
He's stolen Trump's tie! #Estonia #eurovision
May 17, 2025 at 7:28 PM
He's stolen Trump's tie! #Estonia #eurovision
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Island of Strangers - by @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social m.facebook.com/story.php?st...
May 14, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Island of Strangers - by @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social m.facebook.com/story.php?st...
Lovely spring day
April 27, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Lovely spring day
At least we'll always remember the one week where we had a Brexit benefit.
April 9, 2025 at 5:54 PM
At least we'll always remember the one week where we had a Brexit benefit.
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Reminded, once again, of the story of Franz Reichelt - the tailor whose lust for fame and fortune and extreme case of Dunning Kruger led him to leap off the Eiffel Tower.
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April 7, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Reminded, once again, of the story of Franz Reichelt - the tailor whose lust for fame and fortune and extreme case of Dunning Kruger led him to leap off the Eiffel Tower.
thepinprickcom.wordpress.com/2018/07/29/f...
thepinprickcom.wordpress.com/2018/07/29/f...
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"they hate our beef because our beef is beautiful and theirs is weak"
our beef:
our beef:
April 3, 2025 at 2:43 PM
"they hate our beef because our beef is beautiful and theirs is weak"
our beef:
our beef:
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It’s 9am TFT time here, and citizens are already gathering to protest Tariffs by the United States. Our plain clothes Officer Penguins are attempting to maintain calm, but unfortunately we keep losing them in the crowd.
April 3, 2025 at 4:13 AM
It’s 9am TFT time here, and citizens are already gathering to protest Tariffs by the United States. Our plain clothes Officer Penguins are attempting to maintain calm, but unfortunately we keep losing them in the crowd.
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For Blue Monday we can't think of anything more appropriate than this charming depiction of a man getting his face eaten off by a leopard.
#MosaicMonday
#MosaicMonday
January 20, 2025 at 9:30 AM
For Blue Monday we can't think of anything more appropriate than this charming depiction of a man getting his face eaten off by a leopard.
#MosaicMonday
#MosaicMonday
A winter walk at Knowle Park
January 11, 2025 at 3:20 PM
A winter walk at Knowle Park
