Frank Cranmer

Amateur academic lawyer, unrepentant woolly liberal & crabby old git. Blogs with David Pocklington at Law & Religion UK [@FCranmer]. This for off-topic tweets.

[Frank Cranmer @frank_cranmer]

Just opened an account on Mastodon. All I've got to do now is to find out how it works! @[email protected]

[Frank Cranmer @frank_cranmer]

@sacrareleges I never use it, but I do have one on Bluesky on which I post law & religion stuff: https://t.co/y9BAop4az8

[Frank Cranmer @frank_cranmer]

I think the time has come to close this account, so I'll take it down at the end of the day.
Goodbye to all the sensible people on TwiX: it's been a pleasure engaging with you all. As to the others, grrrrr. https://t.co/9uga7SEdrO

[Frank Cranmer @frank_cranmer]

@EliotWilson2 @CommonsSITC And there's no point in doing so anyway because he won't agree to appear and, given that he's not a UK citizen, he's not compellable.

[Frank Cranmer @frank_cranmer]

@SimonPulleyn I learned to write decent Italic simply by buying a decent pen and a copy of "Teach Yourself Handwriting" (long out of print but available at the Internet Archive: https://t.co/xKBUotWf9y ) and simply doing the exercises over and over again.

[Frank Cranmer @frank_cranmer]

@philipkrinks Thank you very much indeed! I knew it wasn't Purcell: I was havering between Jeremiah Clarke, Matthew Locke and Pelham Humfrey.

[Frank Cranmer @frank_cranmer]

I've had this tune in my head all afternoon. I think it's one of the tunes to "O Jesus, king most wonderful," and it sounds English baroque. I've written it out for recorder and viol. Can anyone identify it?

[Frank Cranmer @frank_cranmer]

@AjaTheEmpress Write-in vote for "it depends what you mean by 'two-tier policing'".

[Wrexham Police FC @wrexhampolicefc]

Behind our uniform we’re like you. We are Dad, Mum, Husband, Wife, Son, Daughter. We want to help make a difference. We want to protect those that are unable to protect themselves & go after those that seek to cause most harm. We’re here to help.
Your support is everything 💙

[SophieSpring97 @SophieP25397]

The #Mosque in Hartlepool that was attacked by far right thugs.
Last year it gave £25k to the British Legion through the sale of poppies
Cooked over 25k meals for people in Hartlepool who were hungry
Anybody got a list of what the far right thugs have done for their communities?

[Frank Cranmer @frank_cranmer]

@HumanistQuaker I think we're in #SpotTheLoony territory.

[Frank Cranmer @frank_cranmer]

@AlanTPerry As an oldie, I wonder about that too. Perhaps I'm unusual in finding discounts for the likes of me embarrassing.

[Frank Cranmer @frank_cranmer]

@TasteAtlas Great man. RIP.

[Frank Cranmer @frank_cranmer]

@daniel_barnett I'd be interested for its coverage of employment and religion.

[Frank Cranmer @frank_cranmer]

@thechurchmouse Tell me about it. I use Grammarly on the blog (and no, I don't have any commercial connection with it).

[Frank Cranmer @frank_cranmer]

@thurible @thecathedral In a Range Rover?

[Frank Cranmer @frank_cranmer]

Well done Ireland! https://t.co/cD1phvxpmG

[Frank Cranmer @frank_cranmer]

For me too.

[Michael Sadgrove 🇪🇺 @MichaelSadgrove]

Johann Sebastian #Bach was born in 1685. He died at Leipzig on this day in 1750. For me he is the greatest of all composers. I inherited this bust from my father in law.

[Frank Cranmer @frank_cranmer]

@JoshHalliday Having seen the video, I couldn't help wondering why one of the other officers present didn't arrest him there and then.

[Laurence Price @PriceLaurence]

@tc1415 @gifford_head "he may have murdered his wife and her lover, but he was really good at 5-part counterpoint" https://t.co/weZWmmW5Cm

[Frank Cranmer @frank_cranmer]

@TonyChapmanUK Don't hold your breath.
Alas.