Janet Proudman

To mark the 470th anniversary of the martyrdom of Thomas Cranmer. Thomas Tallis' setting to the metrical version of Psalm 2. "Why fum'th in sight the gentiles spite". Here sung by Theatre of Voices under the direction of Paul Hillier. This still gives me goosebumps!

Historian of Science, Astronomy et catera, and an amazing man. Allan Chapman’s Funeral today. @drdwhitehouse

“I’ve been cast at the Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony” “What are you?” “A stovetop espresso maker.”

Notes from an underwater Oxford, Bruges and Ukraine in this week’s Church Times Notebook: churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2026/…

That would be an ecumenical matter.

@gerrylynch It does have almost everything, 88

I did the Chat GPT caricature thing.

RIP Dr Allan Chapman, amazing history of science academic @drdwhitehouse

@virginmedia how can I report a problem with your junction box by my house? Door not locked and banging on my wall since yesterday! (I’m not a customer so can’t access you)

The Beast when Belle is refusing to join him for breakfast #TheTraitors

@gerrylynch Well done! Have a great time. I look forward to the photos

Arrived.

Massive protest @oxfordfarming this morning in The High. 4 images

My 2025 Duolingo stats are in! How did you do? #Duolingo365

@AnneEBailey1 Gosh! But did you not go to Sherborne Abbey this year? There was special exhibition there.

As the year draws to a close, here is a short thread highlighting some of the 48 pilgrimages I've taken in 2025. It includes holy wells, saints' shrines, abbeys and priories, cathedrals, Anglo-Saxon crypts, pilgrimage walks, and numerous churches ... 1/8

Every church choir director's goals for next year's carol services:

@gerrylynch Gerry it is now still only 20th December 2025!

#OnThisDay this year—Potterne High Street in bright midwinter sunshine, 21 December 2025. Couldn't do to have a day on which I hadn't attempted to take a decent photo.

@RichardBratby Oxford dons, 1850: We must do everything possible to make the railway station inaccessible! Oxfordshire County Council, Thames Water and Network Rail, 2021-2026 (?): Right you are, guv'nor!

The idea that we can just boil down all the knottiest issues of politics, economics, theology and philosophy into ‘being kind’ is one of the most dangerous and potentially destructive tendencies of our idiotic age.

Get your festive fix this Friday! 🎄🎵 The Clerks of Christ Church present their third annual Christmas concert, featuring contemporary gems, Christmas classics and kitschy surprises 🌟 ⏰ 8pm, 12 December 📍 @ChChCathedralOx 🍷 Mulled wine 🎟️ bit.ly/ChCh_Clerks_20… #ChCh500

@theabingdontaxi I saw this at the @ODARS meeting there last night!

my friend ⁦@hamchick⁩ Knitted #Nativity, in the foyer of The Pariah Centre