Lambeth Watching

[liadnan]

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.

Comments

[tree_and_leaf]

*headdesk*

Although I think the official line on the indaba groups is that they don't work if people can't speak freely, and I can understand that the presence of Our Man From the Times might have an inhibiting effect - but it sounds particularly stupid with a title like that...

[caulkhead.livejournal.com]

'Never say No to Media'

I suppose the official position is 'Well, there are a number of points of view...'

[raincitygirl.livejournal.com]

Well, I *am* an Anglican and I'm avoiding anything Lambeth-related like unto the plague. I figure I'll get the Cole's Notes version from my parish once it's over.

In other words: you can't make me look at the train wreck. So there.