As we’ve seen this week with the distress in some quarters over the silencing of Big Ben, while it undergoes essential repairs, the loss of a reassuring and familiar sound ... Read More

53-54 They led Jesus to the Chief Priest, where the high priests, religious leaders, and scholars had gathered together. Peter followed at a safe distance until they got to the Chief ... Read More

The name Andrew Higgins probably won’t mean anything to you, but if you live in Western Europe you owe your freedom to him.  Speaking in 1964 General Eisenhower said of ... Read More

Recently I found myself taking an Easter Egg out of our toaster.  It fell in some weeks ago when my daughter’s attempt to open the bag didn’t go very well.  ... Read More

43-47 No sooner were the words out of his mouth when Judas, the one out of the Twelve, showed up, and with him a gang of ruffians, sent by the high ... Read More

Well congratulations to Jodie Whittaker on becoming the first female Dr Who.  Like so many of my generation I regularly spent Saturday evenings watching TV from behind the sofa as ... Read More

On 12th June 1944, the British 22nd Armoured Brigade were racing to take the town of Caen in Normandy.  At 8.30am they paused before the final push, and got out ... Read More

32-34 They came to an area called Gethsemane. Jesus told his disciples, “Sit here while I pray.” He took Peter, James, and John with him. He plunged into a sinkhole of ... Read More

The enduring appeal of SPAM is a mystery to many of us.  Launched on 5th July 1937 during the Depression era, it quickly caught on as a cheap ready-to-eat pork ... Read More

Sitting at my desk I’m confronted with an amazing array of products – pens, pencils, scissors, books, a computer, a printer, the list goes on and on.  What they all ... Read More