'We were just tourists in Salisbury.' The men known to us as Alexander Petrov and Ruslan Boshiro were clearly spinning us a tale but...

“Finally,” concludes Stanisław Aronson in an excellent article in Wednesday’s Guardian, “Do not ever imagine that your world cannot...

Late start today. Apologies. The reason is I’ve been hunting for lost things. First, Jacqui with an appointment at 9.00 couldn’t find...

Cows are more dangerous than sharks. I already knew that, having been attacked 28 years ago by a cow while on a run through fields near...

This week I am busy collecting stress points. In fact, today I have already collected at least 25 and it’s not even 9.00 am. The reason...

Ilsa: “You don't understand what you are involved in.” Ethan: “I don't understand what I'm involved in? “I don't understand what I'm...

You may not have realised it yet – my apologies – but today is a Saturday. I say that because for the first time in about 20 years I...

This year it’s going to be different. Tomorrow Jacqui and I travel the 200 miles or so to Shepton Mallet in Somerset, to the Royal Bath...

We are in the midst of a public health emergency, according to Labour MP Sarah Jones This follows the publication yesterday for...

Had we made the Final, I’m not sure I would have coped with the tension. It was bad enough in 1966. Such was the stress I remember...

“Archbishop: I don't pray for my daughter's disability.” This is the headline for an excellent piece on this morning’s BBC’s news site...

Question: your wife is away for two nights and you have a whole day for yourself. What does a bloke do? Answer: you go on a circuitous...

Who would be a politician? As Barack Obama observes: “What I'm asking for is hard. It's easier to be cynical; to accept that change...

"Resume your seat! Resume your seat, young man!" For a moment I thought Sergeant at Arms would have to frogmarch Ian Blackford out of...

“The Council collapsed. Groups like St Helen’s Church, The Clement James Centre, and The Westway Centre, ‘became’ the local government,...

History matters. Just ask any supporter of Everton Football Club. How we see ourselves today depends to a large part on how we...

ALEXA, write my blog. If only. But now, thanks to the CofE digital publishing team, I can ask ALEXA to lead me in prayer or even...

“Good. It's going to need careful training, the commander-in-chief wants a special squadron formed. it'll be best if you formed it...

It’s November 1974 and a new house group of St Margaret’s Durham meets for the first time. As it happens most of us don’t know each...

So my last blog as vicar of Christ Church, Aughton - I formally retire this coming Tuesday. However, to quote Fran Lebowitz, "You're...