In a few weeks’ time the top of our dining table will once again emerge to serve it’s intended purpose as a place to eat.  This only happens on Christmas ... Read More

Writing in the 2nd century the physician Soranos lists the features of a new born child that determine whether it should live.  Vigorous crying, sound limbs and organs, open orifices, ... Read More

Five hundred years ago the world was a very different place.  Much of it was ruled by the Holy Roman Empire and the Roman Catholic Church, monoliths of power and ... Read More

I sometimes suspect that the Christians I meet are more like estate agents than they are homeowners.  Like a good estate agent, they know everything there is to know about ... Read More

9-11 After rising from the dead, Jesus appeared early on Sunday morning to Mary Magdalene, whom he had delivered from seven demons. She went to his former companions, now weeping and ... Read More

One hundred years ago this week Vladimir Lenin hurried through the streets of Moscow on his way to the Winter Palace, desperate to be at the forefront of the revolution ... Read More

Famous the world over Michelangelo’s statue of David, has stood in the city of Florence for over 500 years.  Carved from a single block of marble it is one of ... Read More

The planners of the D-Day landings in 1944 faced a problem: previous similar invasions, had led to frequent incidents of ‘friendly fire’.  Unable to distinguish between Allied and enemy aircraft ... Read More

46-47 Having already purchased a linen shroud, Joseph took him down, wrapped him in the shroud, placed him in a tomb that had been cut into the rock, and rolled a ... Read More

In one of the closing scenes of the movie Toy Story, Woody and Buzz are desperately trying to catch up with the removal van taking Andy, to his new home.  ... Read More