Writer: 'Anton Walbrook' (2020) 'Joseph Pike' (2018) & 'A Carnal Medium' (2012), photohistorian, archivist of Middle East collections at Exeter University, runs the Digital Archive of the Middle East (https://dame.exeter.ac.uk/), collector & bibliophilehttps://bsky.app/profile/magiclantern.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/magiclantern.bsky.social/post/3mv73gsp5m22wDuring my monastic years entertainment was of a relatively austere nature, but one Christmas the abbot read out selections from 'George W Bushisms: The Slate Book of Accidental Wit and Wisdom of Our 43rd President.' We laughed, somewhat incredulously, unaware that the depths had not yet been plumbed [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Sep 2026 22:18 +0000at://did:plc:cwrvwg34fmy52mo2eeypsdgr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv73gsp5m22whttps://bsky.app/profile/magiclantern.bsky.social/post/3mv3itwj7yk22Please help support the work of our Palestinian team who have been digitising the archive of Raja Shehadeh: https://www.gofundme.com/the-raja-shehadeh-archive09 Sep 2026 12:07 +0000at://did:plc:cwrvwg34fmy52mo2eeypsdgr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv3itwj7yk22https://bsky.app/profile/magiclantern.bsky.social/post/3muwkvvszes26I remember an Edinburgh priest in the 90s who began his sermon '1000 children have been murdered in Colombia in the last year & most of you don't give a shit... the reason I know is because when I mentioned the deaths, no-one flinched, but when I said the word "shit", you all jumped off your pews' [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 Sep 2026 13:01 +0000at://did:plc:cwrvwg34fmy52mo2eeypsdgr/app.bsky.feed.post/3muwkvvszes26https://bsky.app/profile/magiclantern.bsky.social/post/3muubdlsrb222I've been reading more of this today, and although very focused on the 1980s period of Falwell/Reagan, the author exposes in detail the complete disinterest of GOP-leaning Christian Zionists in Palestinian Christians [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 Sep 2026 15:04 +0000at://did:plc:cwrvwg34fmy52mo2eeypsdgr/app.bsky.feed.post/3muubdlsrb222https://bsky.app/profile/magiclantern.bsky.social/post/3muu3ltuygk2wFine weather off Berry Head today06 Sep 2026 13:22 +0000at://did:plc:cwrvwg34fmy52mo2eeypsdgr/app.bsky.feed.post/3muu3ltuygk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/magiclantern.bsky.social/post/3murg6bcues2qFascinating thread [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 Sep 2026 11:53 +0000at://did:plc:cwrvwg34fmy52mo2eeypsdgr/app.bsky.feed.post/3murg6bcues2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/magiclantern.bsky.social/post/3mumbenqehk2oTook a daunder up Arthur's Seat after breakfast. Now preparing the Raja Shehadeh digital archive for its public launch03 Sep 2026 10:44 +0000at://did:plc:cwrvwg34fmy52mo2eeypsdgr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mumbenqehk2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/magiclantern.bsky.social/post/3mukdxyox3s26Popped into the Palestine Museum in Edinburgh prior to the Raja Shehadeh event tomorrow02 Sep 2026 16:25 +0000at://did:plc:cwrvwg34fmy52mo2eeypsdgr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mukdxyox3s26https://bsky.app/profile/magiclantern.bsky.social/post/3mui6foz7m22cThoroughly enjoying this evening's talk by @helenmccarthy51.bsky.social at the Phoenix. A warm, engaging & immensely knowledgable speaker, her richly illustrated talk on Studio Ghibli draws on her personal interviews with Hayao Miyazaki & Isao Takahata (as well as a nod to Dolly Parton!)01 Sep 2026 19:40 +0000at://did:plc:cwrvwg34fmy52mo2eeypsdgr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mui6foz7m22c