Nowadays, I’ll wear anything. It wasn’t always the case. Nearly fifty years ago — gosh — we were being rehearsed for our ordination in Liverpool Cathedral when the Dean, the redoubtable Edward Patey, strolled past. Hearing us discussing our robes, and what we would be wearing on our big day, he exclaimed that this was where the Church of England was at its most exciting. You may need some background here. In those far-off days, what you wore said a great deal about ho