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 …
July 9, 2018 Are penalties a matter of luck? So England beat the disgraceful Colombians on penalties. (I’m sorry, they were. Had they played us at football, they probably …
July 9, 2018 Attachment theory Part One I’d like write something about attachment theory. This will be familiar to some of you. Perhaps you’ve come across it …
July 9, 2018 Fachidiot You won’t be surprised to know that the Germans have a word for it. It doesn’t sound polite - and …
July 6, 2018 Reflections on trust Trust is sometimes presented as something we should try harder at. ‘You should trust more!’ But trust is never a …
July 5, 2018 The Seagulls and Mr Fox Peter and Mrs Peter are seagulls who live on our roof. ‘Herring gulls, actually,’ she’ll tell you, if you press …
July 3, 2018 Jason the Juggler Jason sits quietly on the pavement as people pass by. He is surrounded by the tools of his trade, the …
July 2, 2018 Star-struck The normal observation when gazing up at the big night sky is something like this: ‘Aren’t the stars fantastic tonight!’ …
June 26, 2018 A thin place Do you know of a ‘thin place’? I first came across the phrase when visiting Little Gidding. ‘This is a …
June 25, 2018 The Garden of Sadness The Garden of Sadness is not a place anyone wants to go. We’d always prefer to be happy than sad, …
