John Barradell

Something that made me stop, remember and feel for those I knew ..

Extraordinary sight in the City of London - Cornhill, 8.30pm last night #cityoflondon #london

Superb series - Turning Point: The Vietnam War on @NetflixUK . When will we ever learn?

@AvantiWestCoast @_joshchapman98 Thanks for quick reply … you might want to let staff at Carlisle know!

@AvantiWestCoast @_joshchapman98 Given trains to London are now full, declassified and completely shambolic have Avanti arranged with Northern and LNER to accept tickets?

@PCookeComposer Phillip … it was sublime and with Jonathan Millican’s Come, Holy Ghost an incredibly moving Evensong. Thankyou.

Children’s powerful, direct and incredibly moving response to ‘Community as Superpower’ theme for @RefugeeWeek in @CarlisleCath this week.

Habemus Episcopum! Great news that Rob Saner-Haigh is our new Bishop! I’m certain that this morning’s trolley in the Cathedral grounds is not a sign! 😇😂

Bliss …

@sainsburys Staff Training shutting *every* till until 1030 this morning? Mothers Day too … so much for customer care.

@revbcarter @CapelLofft @cath_cov @RamsdenVerity @WalkerMarcus @prayerbook_soc @_F_B_G_ Thanks again Benjamin!

Some thoughts on the wisdom of The Litany brittleglass.blogspot.com/2025/03/hear-u…… @CapelLofft @cath_cov @RamsdenVerity @WalkerMarcus @prayerbook_soc @_F_B_G_

@ftopinion One of the most positive articles I have read this week in the midst of a wave of self-absorption … A magnificent man - rest in peace.

James Harrison, blood donor, 1936-2025 - Obituary on.ft.com/3XznXlc

Without doubt one of the most perfect, most divine devotional pieces. Every time I hear this I have goosebumps. Utterly beautiful.

Just looking around … One of the wonders of Sir Christopher Wren …

Are you passionate about making a difference in Cumbria? The Community Foundation is seeking to appoint a new chair from September 2025. To find out more, go to cumbriafoundation.org/about/vacancie… youtube.com/watch?v=SLBKDq…

@revbcarter @giles_fraser Thanks for the tip - as you said, well worth the listen. Have to say I’d forgotten Aquinas was a Dominican … explains his intellectual rigour.

I thought that @giles_fraser's thought for the day on Thomas Aquinas was really excellent and well worth a listen. bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0… It was reading Aquinas as a first year politics student that was one of the great course corrections that got me to where I am today.

@revbcarter @HerefordPastor As The Times, reporting on Hereford’s Epiphany service asks today: “Where does one get exotic animals at this time of year? Probably bought them at Herod’s” …

@HerefordPastor Repeat to oneself....thou shalt not covet thy neighbours ox, nor his ass, nor his camel...

Got snapped on my way to work this morning @CarlisleCath! Amazing picture @MJTurnerPhoto

Super display by local organisations dressing their own trees @CarlisleCath . One I’m particularly fond of is this #dragon by a 6th form pupil from @RennieSchool , part of @theedenacademy . @kerrydun

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