New digital platform expands access to ancient New Testament manuscripts: The Center for the Study of New Testament Manuscripts on Monday announced the launch of a new online Digital Manuscript Collection interface, expanding public access to ancient New Testament manuscripts and related scholarly…
Some more info about the Addison Wheeler postdoctoral fellowship scheme @durham.ac.uk. There will be up to 6 positions across all subjects, and each department can only nominate 3 candidates, so we will need to run a preliminary stage to make our selection. 1/3 www.durham.ac.uk/research/ins...
Now that the Department of Education has discontinued its anti-DEI program, how many of the schools, universities and colleges that *preemptively* complied have their programs ready to go to reinstitute? How many had the ax ready because they were looking to get rid of them anyway?
'Life and Lent' is a reflective piece by Rev Dr Ben Leighton, St Hild Director of Reader Training. Read more at sthild.org/news/lent-an...
A small square book with pink binding that says Saints and The National Gallery on the cover.
The title page, with my name
📣 New Book Day! 📣
Delighted to share a sneak peek at Saints, my new picture book for grown ups. She’s a beauty, written with everyone who‘s ever wandered round the NG with me in mind
Coming this June to the NG shop and online, but available for preorder now:
yalebooks.co.uk/book/9781857...
Dino attack
Me with p52
I saw p52
En-suite residential packages are already sold out - time to book your place!
The book cover, featuring Artemisia’s Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy
I’m at the airport en route to #EABSBL, so it feels like the perfect time to send a copy of my book, Reimaging the Magdalene, on a journey too!
💛 like and 🔁 RT and I’ll draw a winner on the feast of Mary Mag (22/07, heathens)
Let’s see where it ends up…
#Giveaway
Broke: the dire wolves 🐺 are resurrected before the Winds of Winter is finished.
Woke: anything is possible, even the publication of Winds of Winter.
Call for papers graphic - deadline 21/04
📣 Seminar Spotlight: Book of Acts
There will be a book review panel on Steve Walton’s commentary on Acts 1–9:42 in the Word Biblical Commentary series and open sessions welcoming papers approaching Acts from a variety of angles and using a variety of methods.
The book cover which features Artemisia Gentileschi’s Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy
I’m very happy to share that my book ‘Reimaging the Magdalene: Feminism, Art, and the Counter-Reformation’ is now available to buy at all good booksellers (and the dodgy ones too).
Four panel comic from Pizza Cake Comic (on Patreon as pizzacakecomic). First panel: A shoulder demon says, "I just had a Zoom meeting with my boss and he said empathy is a sin now." Second panel: Hapless Soul: ...What? Shoulder Demon: Yeah. Third panel: Shoulder Demon: So I guess I'm supposed to tempt you to... care about others? Fourth panel: Hapless Soul: I'm confused. Shoulder Demon: Me too.
Gooood morning sinners~! 🙃
The British New Testament Society is now on Bluesky!
Tribute to Radiohead
First ever UK pantomime experience.
Thanksgiving in the UK
Dog in snow
She likes the warm house better.
Painting session
“I live in a very small town in the Portuguese countryside and this was my main source of information related to my job has an archaeologist.” Joel S. C. Gouveia, Portugal
More than 500,000 books have been removed from our lending library due to the publishers’ lawsuit, including more than 1,300 banned and challenged titles. 📚🕳️
Sign our open letter to the publishers urging them to restore access to these books. 📖✍️ #LetReadersRead
👉 blog.archive.org/2024/06/17/l...
Dog sleeps on a computer
Sleepy pups
At least one leading newspaper is covering important college issues.
www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
Hanging with Zelda
I’m very excited to watch Godzilla! ‘And I saw a beast coming out of the sea…’ #GodzillaMinusOne
Me eating a turkey dinner
Turkey in the UK 🦃
Thank you
Yes, please include me.
Sounds great.
Sign for the world’s first book town
Landscape of Hay-on-Wye
Visited the lovely village of Hay-on-Wye. It is a village of books! Also, I tried Rarebit.
