Simon White

Vicar, husband & father; Pratchett fan; dramaturge.

[Simon White @inigodexter]

@CyrilRamaphosa @SAMissionNY @DIRCO_ZA #StandWithUkraine #UNGA

[Simon White @inigodexter]

Calling on @UKinJerusalem to stop Israel's ethnic cleansing of Palestinians. Take action now to #SaveSheikhJarrah

[Simon White @inigodexter]

It’s not right that people can't afford the basics because their benefit payments are reduced to repay government debts. @theresecoffey please pause these deductions this winter. To build a #HungerFreeFuture, our welfare system must offer better security & support. @TrussellTrust

[Simon White @inigodexter]

@RavenseyeChris @PeakAdvertiser Lovely; and a happy reminder of our 'Heather' photo workshop a couple of years ago.

[Simon White @inigodexter]

This public open letter to honour #GeorgeFloyd is going viral -- and it's powerful: https://t.co/cqsLIEId6O

[Simon White @inigodexter]

...and that's me in half profile at the far right; we had a lot of fun with that production. Move over, National Theatre at Home!

[Suzanne Elvidge @suzannewriter]

Try again with the right link this time (thanks @dan_po)

Tideswell Players is celebrating its 90th anniversary by enabling people in lockdown to watch one of its performances online. You might recognise the person in the beige cardigan in the photo...

https://t.co/jBBuQwv9R9

[Simon White @inigodexter]

.@HSBC holds nearly £100 million shares in @CaterpillarInc, whose bulldozers are armoured and used by Israel to destroy Palestinian homes, factories and agricultural land. HSBC must divest now! #HSBC #HSBCAGM20

[Simon White @inigodexter]

Thank you, Philippa, for this beautiful poem. The concluding image is astonishing!

[Philippa White @revdphilippa]

One last Easter post. The Dawning (George Herbert) and the view from my window, the sky blue and the trees in blossom.

[Philippa White @revdphilippa]

Plot twist. This morning HE is the tow truck.

[Suzanne Elvidge @suzannewriter]

Thank you to @England_Rob_ and @BBCNews for giving me the opportunity to tell a little bit of my story as a widow during the lockdown, and to help to say happy birthday to @RevRichardColes. https://t.co/YTu6ihOgwf @WidowedAndYoung

[Simon White @inigodexter]

@HumphreySouther Blessings for the journey and sabbatical; I still remember my last one with joy!

[Simon White @inigodexter]

@revdphilippa Those same words of John Donne were going through my mind this morning. Amen.

[Philippa White @revdphilippa]

Tis the year's midnight, and it is the day's,
Lucy's, who scarce seven hours herself unmasks;
The sun is spent, and now his flasks
Send forth light squibs, no constant rays;
The world's whole sap is sunk...

Advent candles lit. This year more than ever: come, Lord Jesus.

[Simon White @inigodexter]

Palestinians can’t live there, so don’t go there. @Airbnb rents on stolen land. #deactivateAirbnb

[Simon White @inigodexter]

You're either for equality or not @Airbnb @bchesky. You announced a delisting of illegal Israeli settlement rentals and have now back-pedalled, allowing rentals on the ruins of Palestinian lives and land. #deactivateAirbnb

[Simon White @inigodexter]

Palestinian human rights groups call on like-minded humanitarian NGOs to reject funds from @Airbnb. Airbnb announced they would donate fees from rentals in the occupied West Bank. This is dirty money from #stolenhomes #deactivateAirbnb

[Simon White @inigodexter]

Palestinians can't return to stolen land that Airbnb allows settlers to rent out. Join us in telling Airbnb that they are renting out #stolenhomes. @Airbnb enables continuing Nakba. @bchesky #deactivateAirbnb

[Simon White @inigodexter]

Good news here for book lovers, and for Tideswell; I'm delighted!

[Juliet Waugh @PeakVolumes]

I am delighted to announce that Peak Volumes is getting a new home with the wonderful Juliet Waugh in the building that was Tideswell's NatWest Bank. It's bittersweet, but is a new beginning for Madeira House, and I am so happy that Tim Dudley's book legacy will live on. Suzanne

[Simon White @inigodexter]

I like the fact that a century or so ago the statues chosen to flank the high altar in Tideswell Parish Church were St Peter and St Mary Magdalene: Apostle, and Apostle to the Apostles.

[Philippa White @revdphilippa]

In common with pretty much every other even-mildly-Catholic woman, much love for Mary Magdalene. She's someone with such different & specific resonances for different people - a sinner redeemed, a sufferer healed, a woman commissioned - and I love that this holds those together.

[Simon White @inigodexter]

Dear @AmberRuddHR, there are many reasons people need a #foodbank but today you said #UniversalCredit is “absolutely not” one of them. Evidence from @TrussellTrust shows it absolutely is. Will you correct your error? #5WeeksTooLong