Revd Dr. Brenda Wallace SCP 🌈✝️🌳
@revbrenw.bsky.social
Sort of retired parish priest with a passion for inclusion and equality, plus gardening, cats and sewing. Essex UK.
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I have mixed feelings about this article, but I was deeply disappointed by this statistic:
"nearly half of all women read just one novel or short story in 2022, but only one in four men did."
I have mixed feelings about this article, but I was deeply disappointed by this statistic:
"nearly half of all women read just one novel or short story in 2022, but only one in four men did."
Women are giving their partners the ‘Illiterate Boyfriend’ test: ‘Do your best to pronounce these words’
People online are distressed at men butchering words such as ‘hyperbole’ and ‘hors d’oeuvres’ – highlighting a gender reversal in ‘intelligence gaps’
www.theguardian.com
September 3, 2026 at 5:29 PM
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I have mixed feelings about this article, but I was deeply disappointed by this statistic:
"nearly half of all women read just one novel or short story in 2022, but only one in four men did."
I have mixed feelings about this article, but I was deeply disappointed by this statistic:
"nearly half of all women read just one novel or short story in 2022, but only one in four men did."
Today I lost my last shred of respect for Starmer when he chose to brutally upstage his successor by announcing he was leaving parliament on Burnham's first day in the House. A means meanspirited way to get your revenge.
September 1, 2026 at 1:06 PM
Today I lost my last shred of respect for Starmer when he chose to brutally upstage his successor by announcing he was leaving parliament on Burnham's first day in the House. A means meanspirited way to get your revenge.
From the Guardian: "The US accounts for more than 20% of global tissue consumption despite having only 4% of the world’s population."
Tissue meaning toilet paper.
Clearly there's an awful lot of 💩 needs wiping up in the US right now.
Tissue meaning toilet paper.
Clearly there's an awful lot of 💩 needs wiping up in the US right now.
August 26, 2026 at 8:02 PM
From the Guardian: "The US accounts for more than 20% of global tissue consumption despite having only 4% of the world’s population."
Tissue meaning toilet paper.
Clearly there's an awful lot of 💩 needs wiping up in the US right now.
Tissue meaning toilet paper.
Clearly there's an awful lot of 💩 needs wiping up in the US right now.
One of those 'can I go to bed yet?' days.
August 9, 2026 at 6:33 PM
One of those 'can I go to bed yet?' days.
A great weekend at Pleshey House of Retreat, leading a Retreat on Praying with the Paslms. Such a lovely group,wonderful to be with them again.
August 9, 2026 at 6:30 PM
A great weekend at Pleshey House of Retreat, leading a Retreat on Praying with the Paslms. Such a lovely group,wonderful to be with them again.
You can tell Burnham is an urbanite when he thinks reducing bus fares will help reduce the cost of living. Not for people in rural areas, where the bus service is virtually non-existent.
July 22, 2026 at 8:28 AM
You can tell Burnham is an urbanite when he thinks reducing bus fares will help reduce the cost of living. Not for people in rural areas, where the bus service is virtually non-existent.
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The hidden consequence of this is that schools are increasingly using newly qualified teachers to fill vacancies, and rejecting applications from experienced teachers because they cost too much. Great to encourage NQTs but leaching experience from schools.
The hidden consequence of this is that schools are increasingly using newly qualified teachers to fill vacancies, and rejecting applications from experienced teachers because they cost too much. Great to encourage NQTs but leaching experience from schools.
Teachers in England get two-year 6.6% pay rise but schools to foot part of bill
Unions pleased with rise above forecast inflation but concerned nearly a third of it will come from school budgets
www.theguardian.com
July 1, 2026 at 8:49 PM
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
The hidden consequence of this is that schools are increasingly using newly qualified teachers to fill vacancies, and rejecting applications from experienced teachers because they cost too much. Great to encourage NQTs but leaching experience from schools.
The hidden consequence of this is that schools are increasingly using newly qualified teachers to fill vacancies, and rejecting applications from experienced teachers because they cost too much. Great to encourage NQTs but leaching experience from schools.
Sitting out on my tiny balcony as God evening cools, and very tempted to drag out a mattress for the night. But oh, the bugbites!
June 24, 2026 at 8:58 PM
Sitting out on my tiny balcony as God evening cools, and very tempted to drag out a mattress for the night. But oh, the bugbites!
I'm getting increasingly aggravated by websites that ask you to indicate your age. There are categories for every decade, until 65+. when we are all lumped in together. I'm 74 and my situation is different from a 65 year old and an 85 year old. But on all polls we're not distinguished. #casualAgeism
June 24, 2026 at 8:49 PM
I'm getting increasingly aggravated by websites that ask you to indicate your age. There are categories for every decade, until 65+. when we are all lumped in together. I'm 74 and my situation is different from a 65 year old and an 85 year old. But on all polls we're not distinguished. #casualAgeism
All in a retired vicars day. Afternoon drinking tea and chatting with a recently bereavement clergy friend. Home to help my nephew attack the rusted padlock on the septic tank cover with an angle grinder so we can access it to empty it. #countryParson.
June 23, 2026 at 4:08 PM
All in a retired vicars day. Afternoon drinking tea and chatting with a recently bereavement clergy friend. Home to help my nephew attack the rusted padlock on the septic tank cover with an angle grinder so we can access it to empty it. #countryParson.
Ten days ago, I wrote this. Unbelievable contrast. Now I'm running fans all day to keep cool.
Admitted defeat. Put the heating back on. It's mid-June ffs. And people still don't take climate change seriously.
June 22, 2026 at 7:27 AM
Ten days ago, I wrote this. Unbelievable contrast. Now I'm running fans all day to keep cool.
If this is reliable, it's unbelievably worrying. Our planet fried to death by AI crap. More credible that being blasted by Vogons to make space for a hyperspace bypass. But just as terrifying.
news.un.org/en/story/202... As we experience the worst heatwave we've had here, this week, this is an article to consider.
So, the superheating AI data centres that are the alleged answer to almost everything...
What exactly is going on, and who is asking the right questions about this?
So, the superheating AI data centres that are the alleged answer to almost everything...
What exactly is going on, and who is asking the right questions about this?
AI’s environmental costs threaten water, land and climate
Artificial Intelligence is not only responsible for worrying amounts of earth-warming greenhouse gases: the technology's environmental footprint is also expanding at a pace that could strain the plane...
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June 21, 2026 at 8:19 PM
If this is reliable, it's unbelievably worrying. Our planet fried to death by AI crap. More credible that being blasted by Vogons to make space for a hyperspace bypass. But just as terrifying.
Today's Google Doodle for Father's day incorporates "radishes and carrots - a symbol of rooted strength, love, and protection.". Yes of course that's what they symbolise.
June 21, 2026 at 8:13 PM
Today's Google Doodle for Father's day incorporates "radishes and carrots - a symbol of rooted strength, love, and protection.". Yes of course that's what they symbolise.
My goodness, this Sunday's readings are a bit of a challenge!
June 19, 2026 at 6:34 PM
My goodness, this Sunday's readings are a bit of a challenge!
From the Guardian: "Trump said ... his relationship with Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu is “good, but we have to keep him a little bit sane”.
No sense of irony then, Mr. President?
No sense of irony then, Mr. President?
June 19, 2026 at 12:47 PM
From the Guardian: "Trump said ... his relationship with Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu is “good, but we have to keep him a little bit sane”.
No sense of irony then, Mr. President?
No sense of irony then, Mr. President?
Election-speak: 'I can't be bothered to vote, they're all as bad as each other '. Translated: 'I can't be bothered to vote because I'm too lazy to think about the consequences if Reform win our by-election'. I hope my re-education conversation bore fruit and we have one less Reform in our Council.
June 18, 2026 at 6:22 PM
Election-speak: 'I can't be bothered to vote, they're all as bad as each other '. Translated: 'I can't be bothered to vote because I'm too lazy to think about the consequences if Reform win our by-election'. I hope my re-education conversation bore fruit and we have one less Reform in our Council.
Admitted defeat. Put the heating back on. It's mid-June ffs. And people still don't take climate change seriously.
June 11, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Admitted defeat. Put the heating back on. It's mid-June ffs. And people still don't take climate change seriously.
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Keir Starmer's response to Nigel Farage at PMQs just now was probably the most powerful and eloquent I have seen him in the Commons. The full answer is worth reading.
June 3, 2026 at 11:39 AM
Keir Starmer's response to Nigel Farage at PMQs just now was probably the most powerful and eloquent I have seen him in the Commons. The full answer is worth reading.
I suppose we have to be thankful that they got 'Panis' right!
May 30, 2026 at 5:55 PM
I suppose we have to be thankful that they got 'Panis' right!
So all these Reform councils that are insisting on starting council meetings with the Lord's Prayer... if Christianity is so crucial to them, I hope they're also tipping up to their local church. And giving generously!
May 30, 2026 at 5:46 PM
So all these Reform councils that are insisting on starting council meetings with the Lord's Prayer... if Christianity is so crucial to them, I hope they're also tipping up to their local church. And giving generously!
Despite the heat my roses are spectacular this year.
May 30, 2026 at 5:31 PM
Despite the heat my roses are spectacular this year.
And how much support for anti-muslim hate crime, I wonder?
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Met sets up specialist unit as antisemitic hate crimes in London hit two-year high
Team of 100 extra officers is aimed at providing ‘more consistent model of protection’ for Jewish communities
www.theguardian.com
May 6, 2026 at 8:02 PM
And how much support for anti-muslim hate crime, I wonder?
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This is terrible news from the academic world.
Why would we want to learn from our pasts, or ponder the power of the written and spoken word, or explore the deep questions of humanity? According to the University of Hertfordshire, we wouldn't. They've just cut all of our undergrad Humanities programmes
May 6, 2026 at 7:23 PM
This is terrible news from the academic world.
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Farage deploys the rottweiler to distract from awkward £5m gift story | John Crace
Farage deploys the rottweiler to distract from awkward £5m gift story | John Crace
Zia Yusuf’s mad idea of building migrant detention centres exclusively in areas that vote Green works a treat
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May 5, 2026 at 7:06 PM
Farage deploys the rottweiler to distract from awkward £5m gift story | John Crace
Locally, Reform have large election poster saying 'defending our district '. From whom, or what, I wonder, do they think they will be defending us?
May 4, 2026 at 10:36 AM
Locally, Reform have large election poster saying 'defending our district '. From whom, or what, I wonder, do they think they will be defending us?