July 10, 2025July 15, 2025 Have we become ungovernable? It could be a new board game called ‘Govern that!’ set in a democratic but bankrupt country facing an ever more uncertain world. Each player is Prime Minister. But who will stay in power? The players must first decide what will be their game plan. There are three choices. 1) One Nation: General health of the nation. 2) Golden Division: Government by demonization and division 3) Power for Power’s Sake: using all means necessary to keep it. Nothing else matters. The first is a generalist approach steeped in compromise but …
June 12, 2025June 12, 2025 The Gospel according to the Garden Before we go to the garden, a verse from a poem that could scarcely be less floral or Monty Don: …
May 15, 2025May 15, 2025 Are Christianity and therapy joined at the hip? So, here’s the question: ‘What is the relationship between Christianity and therapy?’ And the answer, of course, will depend on …
September 20, 2021 Apples Today, I picked some apples from a small and buckled tree I planted two years ago. I thought it was …
September 6, 2021 Between stimulus and response And can it be true what they say? Can it be true that the only time we are free is …
September 1, 2021 Catastrophising. I fear the worst! I have a terrible headache and suddenly start worrying that I have a brain tumour. My daughter is a few …
August 23, 2021 Winchester Cathedral It’s in the crypt of the cathedral that I understand. As the notice explains, the crypt floods during rainy months, …
August 12, 2021 My brilliant surrender An intruder with a gun breaks into a monastery. He sticks the gun in the belly of a monk who …
August 9, 2021 A Hearse at Midnight Daffodils freeze and shrubs cry in Stormhaven. They call it ‘the Beast from the East’ and the temperature’s unholy; it …
August 5, 2021 What did Jesus intend? What did Jesus intend to happen when he left? It wasn’t immediately clear to his disciples and may not be …
August 3, 2021 Sporting heroes and mental health It’s the Tokyo Olympics and the pressure on Chinese athletes to perform has never been greater. It has to be …
July 28, 2021 This golden thread They say there’s a thread in our lives, which in some manner holds, guides and leads us. It’s damned hard …
