The 1742 Georgian font of St Peter's Congleton. Pevsner describes it as 'a marble baluster, better than many'. #fontsonfriday

I can do it in three: In the Greek ...

St John the Baptist, Aldford. 1866, John Douglas. On the site of an earlier fourteenth century building that fell into disrepair. Adjacent to Norman motte and bailey castle. English Churches English Parish

The Duchess of Hamilton 46229, *without the streamlining*. This programme on the footplate of the Duchess is well worth a watch if it ever comes back on the iplayer. bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01…

I cannot believe that someone has felled the iconic sycamore on Hadrian's Wall.

The biannual book haul, this one for the natal day, including the top four which I bought myself today. Rory Stewart mary beard James Holland Saul David Laura Cumming Geraint Thomas

The marvellous Gresford parish church in the September sun, after I'd just cycled up Griffin Hill.

Religion, as seen in the Church in Wales today.

Cycling in Wales is great with the 20mph speed limit: every time you go through a town it's like being a pro and having a team car drag you back to the peloton.

A Pint of Plum Porter, The Vines Liverpool, last night, midway with Antony Dutton, on our post-Evensong progress round some of Liverpool's finest real ale taverns, beginning at Ye Cracke, ending at The Roscoe Head, by way of a very decent milk stout at the The Volunteer Canteen Tap on Lime Street.

VAR is done now. If you've got VAR and you're still giving that penalty, it is an absolute waste of time. All those angles and you still think it's hitting an arm?! Never a penalty. #scrapVAR #NUFC

Excellent talk at University of Chester chapel with @StargazingAleta on the stained glass of Trena Cox for Chester's #Festivalofideas

Illegal wedding on @Emmerdale! 🚨🚨🚨

The new gig as Rector of St Mary Without-the-Walls, Handbridge. Starting November ...

The installation at St Mary's Handbridge was a memorable occasion ... then the weather made it even more memorable! @ChesterDiocese Julie Conalty

A huge honour to take this funeral, which brought Handbridge to a standstill.

I suspect this will appeal more to Tom Holland and not the rational Dominic Sandbrook but ... King Harold did not die! He escaped to live as a hermit, here in Chester! And if you doubt it, someone even saw his ghost which spoke in Anglo-Saxon! The Rest Is History chester.shoutwiki.com/wiki/Hermitage

An evening of farewell and thanks to the Lord Mayor of Chester, and a look round the Lord Mayor's Parlour. A portrait of a Sheriff who had 26 children, and Tom Holland book on Aethelflaed.