It's very widely rumoured in C of E circles that Welby pushed hard for Paula Vennells to become Bishop of London in 2017 (he has a thing about people who have held senior positions before their churc… (View Post)

A quick delurk to say how PB never ceases to impress. The knowledge of Biblical scholarship displayed here today has been quite remarkable, from comparisons of Vermes and Sanders to rehearsals of Pau… (View Post)

Good to see British universities scoring highly. And reassuring to note that PB’s ‘knowledge’ of Oxford and Cambridge remains as idiosyncratic as ever! (View Post)

North Parade was the northernmost part of the Royalist defences in the Civil War. Guess what South Parade was? Sorry. Lovely Oxford etiological myth, but no truth in it. Just the boundaries of farm e… (View Post)

Delurk. Long time reader, grateful for the many excellent contributions. From a don's perspective, I'd say the Oxbridge info might need a bit of tutorial work... (View Post)