March 27, 2024March 27, 2024 Do you want to be healed? An extract from my novel, 'Gospel, Rumours of Love'. The scene is based on a gospel story which may be …
March 7, 2024March 7, 2024 Longing for Scarborough If I long only to live in Scarborough, then I can’t live happily in Reigate. An obsession with Scarborough, or …
February 27, 2024February 27, 2024 Chariots of fire? The film Chariots of Fire appeared in 1981. It was a British film, which cost tuppence to make, contained no …
February 19, 2024February 19, 2024 Rachel Reeves’ autocue At a recent meeting in Westminster Hall, Rachel Reeves, the Shadow Chancellor, stands up to speak. It’s an important speech, …
February 13, 2024February 13, 2024 Lent is… It is the season of Lent and we know the score. In Lent we take down the colourful hangings and …
February 6, 2024February 6, 2024 The king has cancer Is it virtuous to suffer? Some think so and they organise it themselves. They take responsibility for their own punishment, …
January 25, 2024January 25, 2024 Optimist or pessimist? Optimist or pessimist? People tend to opt for one or the other. ‘I’m a glass half-empty person,’ they say or, …
January 17, 2024January 17, 2024 Order, order! Newsletter: January 2024 Greetings again, web friend, and I’d like to write about order, if that’s OK? I’m aware it …
January 12, 2024January 12, 2024 In praise of ordinary Maybe it’s a year for being ordinary; transparently and happily ordinary; though others may be offering what appear to be …