It was lovely being in Blackburn Cathedral during the rehearsal for Choral Evensong - the choir were pretty amazing so it was nice listening to them on Radio 3 on the drive home. Probably a bit modern for my tastes, but the sound in the cathedral was rich, full & faultless - a nice background to taking photographs of the medieval misericords which reside there.

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Did anyone see Dr Francesca Stavrakopoulou last night? That's the sort of clear headed analysis that makes me smile - and angry that women are held as being somehow inferior by the Christian Church. Most likely this is out of extreme fear and inadequecy on the part of Christian men and their pathetic paternalistic hierarchies which never really get us anywhere, alas. I'm told the Roman Catholic church has set up some sort of sanctuary for disenchanted Anglican sexists who feel the ongoing oppression & suppression of women is somehow justified.

Nice that the Blackburn Choir was mixed; as humanity is mixed, and equal. But even some Anglican churches wouldn't accept a female vicar, let alone Archbishop - and on this they feel justified!