David Thomson

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David Thomson

David Thomson

@bpdt

Retired bishop interested in art, history, environment, crosswords, good food and drink, ideas, politics ...

Ely Katılım Mart 2009
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David Thomson
David Thomson@bpdt·
@hasslethymi Great to discover another crossword setter in the diocese! You’ll find me as Vagans in the barred crosswords (and half of Ovid and Dash), as The Wanderer in local mags, and myself in the Church Times. Congratulations on your own puzzles and keep them coming.
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Hawk@hawkcrossword·
I set today’s Listener Crossword, which you’ll find in @thetimes 🙂
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@NicolKinrade Which sounds a bit curmudgeonly but we’re really pleased for you and the parishes where you’ll be amazing just as you have been here: our prayers go with you.
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@NicolKinrade Congratulations! Life in the New Year will be very *interesting* without you though…
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Dr Francis Young@DrFrancisYoung·
Reading a book that refers to 'the Grand Duchy of Lancaster' 🫢
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Dr Francis Young@DrFrancisYoung·
It's kind of annoying when your book is the first ever written about a field - apart from ONE previous book that is absolute trash, which you keep having to mention just because it's the only other one 😩
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Dr Francis Young@DrFrancisYoung·
And GM-H is, notoriously, one of the hardest poets in the English language to read aloud
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Mthr Nicol Kinrade@NicolKinrade·
What an absolutely enormous honour and privilege to be invited to robe for the Abbatial Blessing of Dom Brendan Thomas OSB as the 12th Abbot of Belmont Abbey. A moving service and such a warm welcome from my ecumenical RC brothers and sisters.
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David Thomson@bpdt·
@NicolKinrade The Benedictines always look so Anglican: or is it that the Anglicans always look so Benedictine?
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Dr Francis Young
Dr Francis Young@DrFrancisYoung·
This is crazy in itself, but it’s also crazy that Latin feles has no known etymology… what is it with cats and linguistic mysteries?
Yoïn van Spijk@yvanspijk

The origin of 'cat' is unknown. There are similar words in many related languages, such as French 'chat', Welsh 'cath', Polish 'kot', but also in unrelated languages, e.g. Arabic 'qiṭṭa' and Turkish 'kedi'. However, none of these can be identified as the source. Here's more:

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@ChurchTimes Good news for Blackburn. But where is this language of “awarded” coming from?
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Church Times@ChurchTimes·
The diocese of Blackburn has been awarded £25.5 million for a nine-year programme that includes “parish renewal” #Echobox=1718398615" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2024/…
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Dr Francis Young@DrFrancisYoung·
Here I am at ground zero of the English Counter-Reformation
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Mthr Nicol Kinrade@NicolKinrade·
And we’re off - the Bishop’s Chaplains are together again, starting with Evening Prayer.
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