@kwilsonlee @LinkedIn I completely concur with all you say, and have been thinking a lot about this as well - it’s a huge worry as congregations dwindle, but I’m sure there are ways forward (and was gutted not to be able to make the CCT talk). I’ll email you when I have emerged from half term chaos 😬

@LizzieSwarbrick This is really sad. Is there not a Scottish equivalent to the Churches Conservation Trust? In England the most important church buildings at risk of redundancy are vested in @TheCCT - they remain consecrated, and keep the artefacts in their context which is so important.

@megbernstein @KzooICMS @SarahBlick3 Thanks Meg - it was great to meet you as well. Hope the Megs have a successful summer at all the conferences!

@JonathanFoyle It’s like the carbonara’s evil twin - Odile to the carbonara’s Odette if you will (I may be overthinking this)

@SarahBlick3 Greetings from the plane home Sarah - they’re just completing boarding… Thank you so much for organising the session which I think worked really well 😁 #Kzoo2024 has been a blast!

Not content with the Cloisters on Monday I spent 6 hours @metmuseum on Tuesday - you can never have too much medieval art 😁

@ZoeCormack Sorry to hear that Zoe - it’s must be really frustrating they didn’t even bother reading it properly, particularly when it probably took ages to get the review back 🤬

@forder_phil @met_cloisters Absolutely! It’s a fascinating museological case study as well as having an amazing collection 🙂

@rachel_delman @AlicePurk @UniofOxford Ooh that is exciting - congratulations!!

@SarahBlick3 Thanks Sarah - it is always a pleasure to talk about the Jesse (and there were some great questions!)

Great day with the astounding medieval collection @ClevelandArt 😍

Wonderful trip to Ditchley Park on Friday c/o @AttinghamTrust - such an interesting historic house with a unique current role at the centre of international politics. These antlers apparently from deer hunted in the 17th century must be among the oldest hunting trophies around!

@johnevigar @pacoulmag I love the souls below - not so sure about the Gilbert Scottified Christ/angels, though I’m sure there are 19th c people who prefer the top half! 🤷🏻‍♀️

@SarahBlick3 Just wait until 1st May - there will be much polychromy! 🎨

@EmilyGuerry I’m horrified to hear that - so sorry. Removing history of art and religious studies from Canterbury seems particularly ludicrous 🤷🏻‍♀️

@ZoeCormack And grown!!

Taking a lunch break on a research trip to St Cuthbert’s (watch this space for some lovely fragments 😍) - enjoying the finest view in Wells 😁#whoneedsacathedral