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Just over a month ago Jan, my wife, and I went down to a concert at the Royal Albert Hall.  Jan had quietly searched the internet and booked the tickets two years before, after I had missed the same concert … Continue reading →

I was waiting to turn right into the road leading down to the back of Stockport station, when I saw it.  A large advertising hoarding advertising Amazon Prime, with the words “Endless entertainment”.  Heaven or hell? I had decided to … Continue reading →

Paying taxes doesn’t have a very good press.  We tend to see them as something negative.  Something imposed upon us.  A necessary evil.  Something over which we don’t have much say.  Perhaps it’s no wonder, given their history. In England,  … Continue reading →

Holy Week is like walking the labyrinth, the story always moving forward, yet doing so with twists and turns.  Going back on itself, but inexorably moving towards the centre, towards a climax.  You might say a revelation. The stories of … Continue reading →

They came this morning in a big, open lorry – tools and barrows in the back – to clear next door’s wilderness.  Their task was to create a new turfed garden in two days.  To cut back all the intertwined … Continue reading →

A single statement can be very powerful.  It can set us on a path of discussion, debate and reflection.  It can lead to our seeing things differently, to a change of heart and to action. I recently came across some … Continue reading →

“Is it an animal?  Is it a vegetable?  Is it a mineral?”  Those were three of the questions asked by the Twenty Questions panel on a quiz programme broadcast on the old Home Service.  They were trying to guess the … Continue reading →

I have never understood why the CEO of a large international company needs a bonus on top of his (or her) very large salary.  Is the job not rewarding enough for them to do their best to help the organisation … Continue reading →

I like the Greek word Metanoia.  Say it out loud and you can stretch the sound, especially of the last two syllables.  It also has an expansive meaning.  In fact it has several meanings, depending on context.  There’s even a … Continue reading →

It must be hard to be shut into a small, bare space.  Deprived of your liberty.  During the Covid pandemic we all had some experience of what that might be like. Sorting through papers recently, I came across the programme … Continue reading →