Some authority figures looked on at Wednesday’s reshuffle with envy. The Archbishop of Canterbury was asked on Twitter why he was unable to do a similar reorganisation with his underlings. Welby replied: “I can only move bishops diagonally”

The Times Diary, 17 September

One of the best discussions we ever had on Newsnight was with two bishops who had had dinner together at the Athenaeum beforehand. They were both completely pissed

Jeremy Paxman, The Sunday Times, 19 September

I say Twitter fights are like road rage — we scream at the vehicle, but if we see the driver we become mannerly again

Richard Coles (interviewing Jeremy Paxman), The Sunday Times, 19 September

The Church is a strange institution. The light that it hopes to shine casts many dark shadows, and it is in these shadows that abusers of all kinds hide. Light has nothing to fear from darkness, but darkness cannot tolerate light. Nothing aids abusers more than the complicit who know where the secrets are hidden, but won’t tell.

Andrew Graystone, Bleeding for Jesus (Darton, Longman & Todd), published on 6 September

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