On the BBC’s ‘Sunday Sequence’ this morning, they were talking about the extent to which churchmen had or hadn’t actively worked for peace (and, you’d like to think, Virginia, justice and liberty as well, but you can forget those two, Virginia, you naive little fool you) during the Troubles. It was lively stuff and got […]
December, 2011
If only they had listened to the voice of the Church…
On the BBC’s ‘Sunday Sequence’ this morning, they were talking about the extent to which churchmen had or hadn’t actively worked for peace (and, you’d like to think, Virginia, justice and liberty as well, but you can forget those two, Virginia, you naive little fool you) during the Troubles. It was lively stuff and got […]
Bottom-up or top-down – which way are we heading?
My son in London has bought a house – or to be more exact, the bank has bought it for him and he’ll be paying it off for a lifetime. There were some repairs needed doing, so like the concerned father I am, I was on the phone to him urging him to be sure […]
Bottom-up or top-down – which way are we heading?
My son in London has bought a house – or to be more exact, the bank has bought it for him and he’ll be paying it off for a lifetime. There were some repairs needed doing, so like the concerned father I am, I was on the phone to him urging him to be sure […]
Death at Easter
If you encountered a burglar in your house, would you shoot him dead? And feel justified in doing so? I wouldn’t. I might feel like pulverizing him but burglary isn’t a crime with capital punishment attached. Neither is car-stealing. But if you’d listened to Terry Spence of the Police Federation on BBC Radio Ulster/Raidio Uladh […]
Death at Easter
If you encountered a burglar in your house, would you shoot him dead? And feel justified in doing so? I wouldn’t. I might feel like pulverizing him but burglary isn’t a crime with capital punishment attached. Neither is car-stealing. But if you’d listened to Terry Spence of the Police Federation on BBC Radio Ulster/Raidio Uladh […]
How green are you?
The lane into our house was lined with big trees and one night, one of these giants fell right across the lane. The next day my father got some men to help cut down all the trees in the lane, so the path to our house looked like a mouthful of stumpy teeth. When asked, […]
How green are you?
The lane into our house was lined with big trees and one night, one of these giants fell right across the lane. The next day my father got some men to help cut down all the trees in the lane, so the path to our house looked like a mouthful of stumpy teeth. When asked, […]
Alex Salmond and fog on the Channel
I like Alex Salmond. He’s overweight, he looks a bit like a panda that’s wandered in front of a camera lens and he’s totally unflappable. Besides which, he has this idea that Scotland would be better off as an independent nation within Europe. He always adds that last bit – “within Europe”. And now that […]
Alex Salmond and fog on the Channel
I like Alex Salmond. He’s overweight, he looks a bit like a panda that’s wandered in front of a camera lens and he’s totally unflappable. Besides which, he has this idea that Scotland would be better off as an independent nation within Europe. He always adds that last bit – “within Europe”. And now that […]