Monthly Archives: May 2014

UK, Downing Street, May 2015 – who has won the prize?
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Winners and losers and elections…..and the Newark by election Even if the Scots have chosen to be liberated like their Irish cousins,  by next May there will still be a United Kingdom…just…. Watching the ghastly coverage on the BBC of … Continue reading

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Poetry Please?

Why should it be that these days I cry so easily? An old man’s tears run fast as new  wine at harvest. Watching nervous sheep run on from me my eyes run too Alone, watching the peaceful landscape my life … Continue reading

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Of dates, updates and dates yet to be made in Heaven
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First I apologise for my laziness…. I should have succeeded in getting more on to the page. I’ve been absorbed in a long running battle with lawyers and planing authorities over my house. It is indeed a small matter on … Continue reading

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St (Pope) John XXIII – in his own words

Pope John XXIII was recently canonised. As the Pope who convened the second Vatican council he is rather lionised and remembered as a champion of engagement with the world and institutional reform. In fact in many ways Pope John had … Continue reading

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Part II. What really happened in Holy Week?

Part II: reaching that point beyond belief….. The Background: The events of that first Holy Week fall into three broad sections in the surviving narratives; the betrayal and Last Supper; the arrest, and trials; the execution, (royal) burial and finally … Continue reading

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