Exiled Preacher

The time was that if you wore a mask into a shop you were probably going to rob it. I mean, why else would you want to try and hide y...

England Rugby fans may be banned from singing Swing Low Sweet Chariot . It has slavery connotations, apparently. Which it does. But not...

Back by popular demand. Or at least one or two of our church people asked what had become of my  weekly Plague Journals , last entry, W...

Well, Happy Birthday to Paul Weller, whose songs have been the soundtrack to my life. We've been to see him live several times. His...

On Monday 16 March the Prime Minister made an announcement to the nation on TV. To help prevent the spread of coronavirus people were adv...

It's been great to see the way people have risen to the challenge of Coronavirus, looking out for shielding neighbours, etc. But soci...

"She has done what she could" (Mark 14:8). Those words were spoken by Jesus to the woman who poured costly ointment over his he...

  As I write (for 20 April deadline*) the government has announced that lockdown will continue for another three weeks. Ministers insist ...

Boris is back. A bit breathless in his appearance at the Downing Street Covid-19 briefing on Thursday, but back. Political attention is n...

A song I really hated in the late 70s was 'Video Killed the Radio Star' by The Buggles. A harbinger of trashy 80s synth pop. At t...