Yesterday the scripture reading in the service was of The Good Samaritan – a parable so overly-familiar that its power and shock are somewhat lost. Here is my take on it, originally posted 2 years ago but even more pertinent now than ever… Recently I was involved in a version of “The Moral Maze” – […]
Two years ago today I had the privilege of visiting the Martin Luther King visitor centre in Atlanta and the Ebenezer Baptist Church where he was Pastor. Among the many profound and moving things I got to see, this inscription from one of the displays happened to be the “on this day” reminder from my […]
Because now s/he/xe could! The article strays into sarcasm and parody. Or maybe not. Its getting so hard to tell. One thing is certain : even in times of austerity the public purse is never strapped for cash for essential diversity & equality virtue signalling propaganda stunts public service information. Expressing anything other than unequivocal […]
There’s some sensible questions asked in this piece. (I wonder how much longer even asking such questions will be tolerated?) As with all environmental measures, the move to electric vehicles seems more like displacing the problem than actually solving it (… even if we can all agree that it is indeed “a problem”). My analogy […]
The question in the title is rhetorical. The answer appears to be an emphatic NO. If you want to see what the modern face of fascism looks like, then read this article. When it comes to persecuting their ideological opponents, the swastika of the Gestapo is being supplanted by the rainbow of the gaystapo. No […]
“What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun.” – King Solomon c300 BC The defense of free speech is one that is fought every generation – and never more fiercely than when a new medium of communication is born. This is a […]
So many great articles in this week’s @spectator. First up, from @toadmeister… #FreeSpeech
A serious subject treated seriously, but with humour and without lecturing or profanity. Challenging. Entertaining. Moving. Brilliant. Watch it! https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6966692/ Coincidentally, currently reading this… Lord, we need his sermons now more than ever. How on earth have we got to the state where we are now more concerned about the colour of a person’s skin […]
