June 4, 2020
As a long-time supporter of Martyn Percy, one of Modern Church’s most distinguished Vice-Presidents, I never thought I would write the words “Think again, Martyn”. But […]
June 2, 2020
On August 15th 1665, the weekly statistics on deaths in London were published. Bills of Mortality had been continuously published since 1603 by the Worshipful Company […]
May 30, 2020
Dominic Cummings’ trip to Durham has become big news. When law-makers break their own laws, fury results – especially from people who have struggled to obey […]
May 22, 2020
‘You will not fear the terror of the night, nor the arrow that flies by day, nor the plague that prowls in the darkness, nor the […]
May 22, 2020
Coronavirus has generated a lot of talk about going back to ‘normal’, and whether we have learned a thing or two about the pros and cons […]
May 19, 2020
“The facts, ma’am- just the facts”. The catchphrase of Sergeant Joe Friday as he investigated crimes in that early TV detective import from the US, Highway […]
May 19, 2020
It is far too early to speculate on whether the government ‘road maps’ for a post-Brexit-Britain, and a post-pandemic-UK will be adequate. Time only moves forward, […]
May 6, 2020
As I remarked to a close colleague the other day, grief is exhausting. His mother had just died in a Care Home. It was not unexpected, […]
May 4, 2020
How we wish the world was different! But how much of our wishing comes from self-centredness? I recently posted on the limits to human knowledge. This […]