Otley...

Worked on the book today in Otley library, with more of the same tomorrow. In Wetherspoons now, having ordered a Christmas pizza. This is the life!

In today's Guardian, Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury, has rejected singer Ariana Grande’s suggestion that God is a woman. “God is not male or female,” the archbishop said in a lecture at St Martin-in-the-Fields in London. “God is not definable. All human language about God is inadequate and to some degree metaphorical.” The Guardian can't take this seriously, I'm happy to report, and nor should anybody else. Welby should have said "Look, this whole God idea is a scam. It's worked pretty well for 2,000 years, but c'mon, it's 2018!"

Pic licensed today: Hereford Cathedral and the bridge over the River Wye...