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The Girl with the Church Window Tattoo retweeted
Today is the feast of St Frideswide, the Anglo-Saxon nun who is the patron saint of Oxford. She led a religious community in the early 8th century on the site of what is now Christ Church Cathedral, where this medieval window of her survives.
The Girl with the Church Window Tattoo retweeted
Today we remember St Francis of Assisi (c.1181-1226), the Italian mystic, poet and friar known for his poverty, charity and humility. St Francis is especially remembered for his love of God's creation, and his feast day marks the end of the Church's new Season of Creation.
The Girl with the Church Window Tattoo retweeted
A new National Care Service. Greater public control of water, energy, and housing. A National Commission on Electoral Reform. Strengthening our relationship with Europe. Reforming the education and welfare system.
Today I set out a different path for Britain.
You may disagree with some or all of what I have said today. But I have given you what you often say is missing from politics.
Honesty, ideas and a clear direction for the country we all love.
If you agree with enough of what I have said, get behind this plan. And get behind each other.
It's time to draw a line.
To move beyond a decade of drift and division.
To bring a spirit of unity and positivity back to our country.
To unlock the working-class aspiration that is still there in every postcode.
To hope again.
The Girl with the Church Window Tattoo retweeted
À 10h, les cloches de Notre-Dame de Paris ont sonné, comme celles de nombreuses églises de France, pour accueillir le pape Léon XIV, arrivé aujourd’hui à Paris.
Église mère du diocèse de Paris, la cathédrale @notredameparis est au cœur de la vie liturgique de l’Église à Paris. Ses cloches appellent les fidèles à se rassembler, à entrer dans la prière et à vivre ensemble les grands moments de la vie de l’Église.
Aujourd’hui, elles ont ainsi invité les fidèles à prier pour le Saint-Père et pour son voyage apostolique en France.
#pape #pontifex
#notredame #notredamedeparis
The Girl with the Church Window Tattoo retweeted
Today is the feast of St Birinus, 'Apostle to the West Saxons', who in c.634 came to convert Wessex to Christianity. He baptised King Cynegils (tradition says in the River Thame), and became the first Bishop of Dorchester-on-Thames in Oxfordshire aclerkofoxford.blogspot.com/…
The Girl with the Church Window Tattoo retweeted
Today marked one month since I became Prime Minister.
Cutting tax on electricity bills. Capping bus fares at £2 in England. Making subscriptions easier to cancel. Cracking down on fake discounts. Giving 14-year-olds early access to technical education. Opening 159 new mental health centres. Investing to get all rough sleepers off the street this winter. Supporting farmers affected by the drought. Cutting business rates for pubs, clubs, and music venues. Shutting down 13 more asylum hotels. Giving mayors a share of income tax. Extending the 16-17 Saver Railcard. Bringing buses in the West Midlands under public control. Fast-tracking new homes near train stations. Cleaning up illegal waste dumps. Giving communities and councils more power over what opens on their high street. Opening No10 North. Giving disabled people 24/7 free bus travel. Delivering the biggest transfer of power, funding and responsibility from Westminster in a generation.
It's a start, but I’m not complacent. I know that people need more and I promise that I will do everything I can to make yours and your family’s lives better. We're doing things differently to give people more breathing space and bring back hope.
Here’s to the next month.
The Girl with the Church Window Tattoo retweeted
We’ve got too used to seeing people sleeping in doorways and outside stations.
It isn’t normal. And I won’t accept it.
Today, we’re announcing that everyone sleeping rough this winter will be offered a route off the streets if they need it.
We did it during the pandemic. We can do it again.
Let’s get everyone in for Christmas. Then let’s end rough sleeping for good.
The Girl with the Church Window Tattoo retweeted
Until last week, men over 50 were entitled to a free PSA prostate cancer check. But the government has now decided to withdraw that right. I cannot for the life of me work out what their reasoning might be.
The Girl with the Church Window Tattoo retweeted
Ewelme Almshouses: Sanctuary or servitude? bbc.in/4gxRuWn
The Girl with the Church Window Tattoo retweeted
Powerful letter in the @ChurchTimes about the new tax on church repairs. Volunteers are already doing so much so churches can stay open and available to all. Taxing them a further 20% for repairs when museums which are free to enter do not pay tax is a wrong that must be righted.
The Girl with the Church Window Tattoo retweeted
During years when the BBC was often institutionally sceptical about covering religion, Ed's journalism - unfailingly polite, scrupulous, rigorous - showed why it mattered. He was also quietly encouraging to so many, not least as he showed how to be a Christian journalist.
Broadcaster and journalist Edward Stourton dies aged 68 bbc.in/45edKhy
The Girl with the Church Window Tattoo retweeted
Andy Burnham is as good a communicator as I've ever seen coming into Downing Street, so impressed with the comms configuration: He's not taking playbook from any British PM, he's trying to build a feeling of hope a la early Reagan, first term Clinton, both terms Obama - paint a happy future, raise peoples' souls. Purely in terms of the positioning it is outstanding. PS It could all go wrong quickly but this is always true.
The Girl with the Church Window Tattoo retweeted
Increasing our national security, in every sense, will be my first priority if I become Prime Minister.
This is why 👇🏻
thetimes.com/uk/politics/art…
The Girl with the Church Window Tattoo retweeted
Today, we mark the 21st anniversary of the 7/7 attacks, remembering the 52 people who were killed and the many more who were injured. 🥀
We also remember the courage and solidarity shown by TfL colleagues, the emergency services and members of the public on that tragic day.
Our thoughts are with the families, friends and loved ones of those who were affected.
ALT 7/7 Memorial
ALT 7/7 Memorial
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The Girl with the Church Window Tattoo retweeted
We are deeply saddened to hear of the death of artist David Hockney.
In 2018, David Hockney designed The Queen’s Window, a vibrant stained-glass window in the Abbey’s north transept.
Hockney's only work in stained glass, the window was commissioned to celebrate the reign of Queen Elizabeth II. It was designed on an iPad and uses Hockney's distinct colour palette of yellow, red, blue, pink, orange and green. The rural scene, featuring hawthorn blossom, was chosen to reflect the Queen's deep love of the countryside. On summer evenings, the light from the window floods the transept, bathing it in a beautiful kaleidoscope of colour.
The Dean of Westminster, The Very Reverend Dr David Hoyle MBE said:
“David Hockney's restless eye and eager enthusiasm for pastures new has left us with an extraordinary legacy that is rich and various and yet also unmistakably his. The window he created for the north transept lets in light that arrives with attitude and even humour, painting the statue of Gladstone in shifting shades throughout the summer months. Hockney has left his mark here and we will long remember a great and very personal genius.”
ALT Artist David Hockney - wearing a dark coat, white shirt, red tie, and a red and white scarf - smiling as he stands in front of The Queen's window, the brightly-coloured stained glass window he designed in Westminster Abbey.
The Girl with the Church Window Tattoo retweeted
Today marks the birth in 1864 of Sir Ninian Comper.
His work almost entirely focused on the design and restoration of churches, and the design of furnishings, stained glass and vestments. He is celebrated for his use of colour and emphasis on churches as a setting for liturgy.
The Girl with the Church Window Tattoo retweeted
As always, a good audience with His Majesty King Charles III of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. I thank His Majesty, the people, and the entire United Kingdom for their ironclad support for our people.
Photo: The Royal Family.
@RoyalFamily
The Girl with the Church Window Tattoo retweeted
Lovely new Oxford bookshop, Barker & Co, opened today in Golden Cross Yard. Highly suitable, since this ancient innyard may well be where Shakespeare staged a very early showing of ‘Hamlet’ at some point before 1603. He’s thought to have played the Ghost himself. Right here….
