John McLuckie

Edinburgh Pisky, Rector of Old St Paul's

[Loot and Plunder @lootplunder]

Huge news. It's back.

The shield taken from Ethiopia in 1868, put up for sale in Newcastle this year, identified through the expertise of @alulapan (who shared the pics) and handed over through the negotiation of HIH Prince Ermias & the Royal Ethiopian Trust just came back home.

[John McLuckie @FrMcLuckie]

@thechurchmouse La Croix International

[John McLuckie @FrMcLuckie]

@obrw The UK's only official Trappist beer! All thanks to the wonderful (now bishop) Erik Varden

[John McLuckie @FrMcLuckie]

@Black_Kettle Isnae, wisnae, disnae still in wide use in Scots

[The History Press @TheHistoryPress]

British Museum investigated over #Ethiopian artefacts hidden for 150 years: https://t.co/IyiuTH9Fbs (via @BBCNews)

Make sure you check out our book 'The Prince and the Plunder,' which follows the story of an Ethiopian prince stolen from his homeland: https://t.co/UpSneB2GV4

[Loot and Plunder @lootplunder]

🧵1/4 In which @mcnaught_lewis pushes the restitution debate/campaign into new legal territory. With a challenge to find out why the @britishmuseum is being so secretive about the reasons behind its reluctance to return stolen sacred tabots to Ethiopia https://t.co/NxpcK0wKT4

[Loot and Plunder @lootplunder]

Lemn Sissay on @BBCr4today today.

"Forming new relationships with the world and ourselves is what is happening in museums, and particularly the @britishmuseum. They should give the sacred tabots back" to Ethiopia.

Well said, and thanks for the namecheck! https://t.co/hqXfN1pLNA

[John McLuckie @FrMcLuckie]

@alulapan I wasn't aware they had one! Good news

[John McLuckie @FrMcLuckie]

@lootplunder An impressive discovery!

[John McLuckie @FrMcLuckie]

@waxworker I'd forgotten about it too! When are you here? I'm around apart from Easter 2. It would be lovely to see you both!

[John McLuckie @FrMcLuckie]

@lootplunder May there be many more!

[John McLuckie @FrMcLuckie]

@alulapan It was one of the greatest privileges of my life to be involved in this simple but vital act of righting a wrong. God bless Ethiopia!

[alula pankhurst @alulapan]

Restitution exemplars: The first returned Holy Tabot looted by British Forces from #Magdala in 1868 was discovered by @FrMcLuckie in St John's Church in Edinburgh. It was returned to the Ethiopian Orthodox Church and repatriated amid great jubilation https://t.co/YAXUjHvvWv

[John McLuckie @FrMcLuckie]

@JamesMartinSJ 'Fome Forth' has been a real blessing to me in my ministry this Lent - thank you, Father!

[Loot and Plunder @lootplunder]

"The Rev Gebre Georgis Dimtsu's discovery of these artifacts in a storeroom, praying over them, highlighted the spiritual void experienced by the Ethiopian Orthodox community in their absence."

Returning Looted Ethiopian Tabot Sparks Restitution Debate https://t.co/MO2RDNDV3J

[alula pankhurst @alulapan]

https://t.co/PjWpKFMky7

[Loot and Plunder @lootplunder]

NEWS: The Westminster Abbey tabot has moved another step closer to Ethiopia. Last week, the abbey was "in discussions" to return it. Now the abbey has "decided in principle" to return it.👇How far we've come since @FrMcLuckie first raised this in 2010! https://t.co/lYR1oUleof

[John McLuckie @FrMcLuckie]

@alulapan Hopefully not for much longer!