Since the current pandemic began the use of poetry both new and old, has provided an outlet for people to express their fears and hopes or to vent their anger and frustrations at the seemingly ever-upward spiral in Covid-19 deaths and the wastefulness of it all. I myself was fortunate to have had a Covid-related […]
As part of my Methodist Local Preacher training, we are called upon to examine and analyse various theologically-related themes and to write a reflection on how and why it shapes not only our core belief but also to our calling to preach the Gospel. Poetry, music and art have traditionally been used to depict faith […]
The opening lines of A Tale of Two Cities describing the upheaval of the French revolution, is in many ways a fitting place with which to try and reflect on the state of our nation (and a world) almost a 1/5th of the way into the twenty-first century. Three months on from when the literary […]
As the Office of National Statistics (ONS) confirms that the United Kingdom entered into the sharpest recession since records began in 1955, it is clear that Covid-19 has wrought untold damage with very few economic sectors left untouched by the pandemic. Over 113,000 jobs lost since the March lockdown began with the aviation, retail and […]
The Authorised Biography of the Celebrated Cricketer and Bishop by Andrew Bradstock, SPCK, 348pp, £19.99 In this first authorised biography we meet the man who exchanged a life of privilege and potential sporting greatness, to a life serving the needs of the poor and marginalised in the inner cities, becoming as famous for his achievements […]
I originally wrote this blog for 2020UK.org back in 2012. Given where we are as a nation slowly emerging from the COVID-19 lockdown, I though this might be an opportune time to bring it up to date, given that politicians these days seem to have shorter careers than the average Reality TV star. My sources […]
As we approach the 04th July weekend when pubs and restaurants along with campsites and holiday parks can reopen and if as seems likely, quarantine restrictions will be eased to allow sun worshippers to fly off to Spain, Greece, Italy and France, we can say with some degree of optimism that a sense of normality […]
Society has long tried to provide or understand the link between rights and responsibilities – and the individuals place within it. Politicians and others with an interest in these matters often refer to them for example, when justifying the latest government legislation or proposing amendments to existing laws, such as doubling prison terms for assaulting […]
We live in very interesting and for some at least, scary times. Business leaders across all sectors of the economy are at best hopeful that now the Government has eased further the restrictions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, our economic recovery can now at least begin in earnest something which is keeping Chief Executives and […]
Welcome to my new blog which covers issues of Faith, Politics and Society but not necessarily at the same time. Here I will attempt to throw off the chains of corporate thinking and speaking and to use the English language as it was meant to be used: to inform, to entertain and to amuse. No […]
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