Lambeth Watching

I'm not an Anglican but nevertheless -or perhaps because of that- have been following what is going on there with a certain amount of detatched interest. So far as I can make out from this perspective the best commentary is from Ruth Gledhill's Times blog* (alongside her ordinary reporting for the main paper). One of her points throughout has been the way the media are being kept at arms length. Today's comment an absolute gem:

Even the totally harmless and innocuous Church Press here are being denied access to the evening Eucharists. As for me, I was told yesterday that it was worth applying to attend the afternoon indaba groups. Today there is one called 'Never say No to Media', led by Rev Dr Joshva Raha, tutor at the Centre for Mission Studies at Queen's, Birmingham. I applied and they said no.

*By contrast Damian Thompson in the Telegraph continues to make me embarrassed he's on my side of the Tiber. Not so much about whether he's wrong or right or either or neither, just his obnoxious smugness.