I assume not expressing a popular opinion but… I dislike smoking in general, dislike the tabacco industry, had grandparents who smoked like chimneys & a son who smokes & I wish wouldn’t, yet oddly I’m politically / philosophically uncomfortable with this use of law…

Disappointing, predictable and yet genuinely unfathomable. It's a disgraceful part of govt. policy to try to remove all modern slavery protections from many trafficking victims and then to try and send them to Rwanda.

For anyone else who hadn’t cottoned on, Pat Collins has made an (apparently beautiful) film of John McGahern’s wonderful That They May Face The Rising Sun, release in ten days time…

V much enjoyed this last night , great to see such a spread of ages and a new generation of those interested in Rose. Thanks to James B for great chairing!

The Department of Theology and Religion at Durham University is expanding its staff and currently seeking a talented individual to fill the role of Assistant Professor in Contemporary Islam.

Good Friday in Assisi with the hauntingly beautiful procession of the Dead Christ and the morning stillness of Holy Saturday. Prayers for all, and for the Church from the tomb of St Francis this morning 🙏

Reading reaction to KX notice board is test case in how messed up our talk about religion, faith & public space is; how toxic & unmoored from its roots public understanding of sin, as a name for something, is, & the perceived violence of its public rather than personal utterance

Happy and blessed St Cuthbert’s Day to you all! 🙏

A happy St Patrick’s Day to all who share Irish nationality, heritage or roots. ☘️

Does anyone in Cambridge, by chance, have a large Irish Tricolour - about 5ft by 3 roughly? For a good cause? DM if so

I rarely tweet now but here’s a reason to break my fast: Penguin Books UK sent me a lovely copy of the new Penguin Modern Classics edition of Gillian Rose’s Love’s Work. Just shy of 30 years since I first held a copy in the same Cambridge street. 14 March publication date.

«Questo #Sinodo è il primo in cui le donne sono state coinvolte nel processo a tutti i livelli e in tutti i modi».

Il contributo di Anna Rowlands per i Dialoghi di febbraio sul Synod.va a cura di Paolo Foglizzo: aggiornamentisociali.it/articoli/legge…

For those who haven’t spotted it already, there is a review of Emile Perreau-Saussine’s recently translated book on Alasdair MacIntyre in LRB

Jonathan Rée · Like a Top Hat: Morality without the Metaphysics lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v46/…

„There is a danger that CST is seen as a specialist subject for those committed to various social justice projects and not as – quite simply – a basic vision for every Christian of how to live well in the world.” - Anna Rowlands in a interview tiny.pl/cbxdz Centre for Catholic Studies, Durham University

Our next CTRS seminar takes place online on Thursday 18th January at 5pm GMT, with Marc Roscoe Loustau, the managing editor of Catholics & Cultures as our guest speaker. Register to attend at the following link: durhamuniversity.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

Does anyone know of Christmas Day volunteering in Durham? Someone asking me.

Congrats to Neil Thorogood - it’s a wonderful book. I was very happy to write the foreword!

Presentazione del libro 'Zygmunt Bauman and Pope Francis in Dialogue. The Labyrinth of Liquid Modernity'. ACU Rome Campus, Largo Giovanni Berchet 4, ore 17
(presentazione in lingua inglese con Austen Ivereigh e Anna Rowlands)
santegidio.org/pageID/30284/l…

Anyone had experience of battling major airline when you book through them & flight due to be operated by someone else? But you paid 1st airline & they manage all communication etc? Both airlines disclaim responsibility to other & you bear costs of 24 hour delay?what did you do?

Advice: NEVER fly with British Airways If you book flight & pay them, & no flight they don’t compensate if flight operated for them by Vueling Airlines. 6 months after claim for stranded 24 hours BA email to say we won’t consider claim. Beyond belief customer service & not legal idt.