July 10, 2025July 10, 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 17, 2018 A legacy of spies A review of John le Carre’s recent spy thriller, A legacy of Spies. Spying is a disease, an illness, a …
September 17, 2018 Small things Each day we are given the strength to do small things; for our life is comprised of such events. There …
September 10, 2018 Boris Johnson: the interview In 2004, I interviewed Boris Johnson, shortly after his political novel, Seventy Two Virgins appeared. I was surprised by the …
September 10, 2018 Keep karma and carry on Karma. We tend to think of it as a Hindu or Buddhist thing; though Jesus’ teaching is shot through with …
September 10, 2018 Mindfulness at home Perhaps mindfulness is most difficult in the home. Home is where deep-rooted patterns of behaviour have established themselves, and where …
September 5, 2018 Julian of Norwich: Question and Response I was recently sent some questions about my latest novel on Julian of Norwich. Here they are, with my responses. …
September 4, 2018 The Kingdom by Emmanuel Carrere – A book review You won’t have read a book like it; I doubt it, anyway. ‘Thrilling, magnificent and strange,’ said Bryan Appleyard in …
August 30, 2018 The five fingers of resilience And so we stay awake. We try and stay awake to the day, whether it’s brilliant or awful, or somewhere …
August 30, 2018 Summer’s lease ‘Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May And summer’s lease hath all too short a date.’ This letting …
