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Nearly half a million people visit Galicia each year to walk the Camino de Santiago.  It seems that northern Spain is not the only pilgrimage destination that has become increasingly popular.  In the past couple of weeks I’ve come across … Continue reading →

“For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven.” So says the writer of Ecclesiastes. In other words, each aspect of life has a natural rhythm, we may ignore it, even defy it, but it … Continue reading →

How often do you look in the mirror?  Apparently men look more often and women look for longer.  And  when you look, what is reflected back?  Do you see a dearly beloved child of God? A story: “See yourself for … Continue reading →

Some people see a need and get on with things.  Others find excuses not to.  “It’s not my responsibility… above my pay grade… someone will sort it.”  Yes, sometimes we need to set boundaries, or we can end up running … Continue reading →

“Finally brethren, whatever is true, whatever is honourable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is gracious, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.”  So says St Paul … Continue reading →

GCSE results last week.  A levels the week before.  Expectations met.  Expectations exceeded.  Hopes fulfilled.  Hopes dashed.  Futures mapped out….? I have mentioned before that one of my favourite Radio 4 programmes is The Life Scientific.  Jim Al-Khalili – the … Continue reading →

When I have won my gold medal, who am I?  Or more challenging still, perhaps, having spent four years and not got the expected medal, who am I?  Not questions that most of us have to answer.  But we all … Continue reading →

The opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics was certainly different.  Instead of taking place in a stadium, it was a continuous procession down the Seine, with teams and tableaux on barges.  In spite of the incessant rain, there were some … Continue reading →

It’s a wonderfully warm day today and I joked that I was glad that I hadn’t entered the Olympics this year.  I wouldn’t have had the energy in this heat!  Of course, you can’t self-select yourself for such a competition.  … Continue reading →

It’s peak holiday time again.  The flights to and from Manchester are just as numerous as before Covid.  This weekend some 20,000 Mallorcans protested in their main square in Palma.  As one of them put it, “We don’t want to … Continue reading →