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I hate slugs
I hate slugs. I hate slugs because I love dahlias, and here in our garden there exists a state of open warfare between me and these...
Ross Moughtin
Jun 21, 2024


Getting involved, the antidote to apathy
Lots happening at the moment. The General Election, of course: just three weeks to go. Also the French elections provides continuous...
Ross Moughtin
Jun 14, 2024


One small victory at a time
“The entire sea was filled with ships, whichever way you looked and as far as the eye could see We knew we couldn’t possibly fail!” Some...
Ross Moughtin
Jun 7, 2024


More Sam, less Thomas. How to carpe diem
As she cycled past his garage, Sam was bowled over. He had just a few seconds to decide whether to react. He did – and a new future...
Ross Moughtin
May 31, 2024


A question of competence
When it comes down to it, it’s a question of competence. Can those we elect actually do the job? Otherwise, it can all end in tears....
Ross Moughtin
May 24, 2024


When we see a warning sign
The warning was clear enough, even so they kept coming. And coming, one after another - until they had no choice but to turn around at...
Ross Moughtin
May 17, 2024

In the league which truly counts
So there we were on the Jungfraujoch, in conversation with a family from Malaysia. And then the inevitable question: “And where are you...
Ross Moughtin
May 10, 2024


When God moves mountains, big ones.
Liebe Leute! So our destination this morning is the highest railway station in Switzerland and in Europe, some 3,454 metres above sea...
Ross Moughtin
May 3, 2024


When God tells us to sit up straight
Rather than just stay and watch, I decided to join in, I knew it was going to be easy-peasy. After all, I’ve been running regularly now...
Ross Moughtin
Apr 26, 2024


So what on earth is happening here?
One of the key events in world history, 8th November 1519, as conquistador Hernán Cortés enters Tenochtitlan, the splendid capital of...
Ross Moughtin
Apr 19, 2024


When we wish we had never been born
Jeremy Paxman: Parkinson's 'makes you wish you hadn't been born' This headline in this morning’s BBC news website caught my eye, not...
Ross Moughtin
Apr 12, 2024


When we would glimpse heaven
Heaven is not what you think. Certainly not harp-strumming angels, with little lambs cared for by a carefully coiffured, blue-eyed...
Ross Moughtin
Apr 5, 2024


When we would run towards danger
The young firefighter, open-eyed and apprehensive, runs up the stairwell as everyone else runs down. Within minutes the North Tower is...
Ross Moughtin
Mar 29, 2024


The loneliness caused by corridors
Will there be corridors in God’s new heaven and earth, in his glorious future? Probably not. Personally I blame John Thorpe who in 1597...
Ross Moughtin
Mar 22, 2024


How the Bible opens with a shock
“In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.” So begins the Bible, with Genesis 1:1. “When I think there was a day when a...
Ross Moughtin
Mar 15, 2024


To find our way around God's city
“Of course, you will have to forget everything you have learned so far!” It’s October, 1967 and I am having my first supervision with our...
Ross Moughtin
Mar 8, 2024


We need to be vigilant, not vigilantes.
So firebrand George Galloway, of the Workers Party, easily wins Rochdale with 39.7% of the vote after a divisive and controversial...
Ross Moughtin
Mar 1, 2024


We are reversing into an AI jungle
I was totally flummoxed. No way could I work it out. Why do I have a moving image from about five metres above my car? This Tuesday I...
Ross Moughtin
Feb 23, 2024


We are invited to the ultimate in parties
"It was just brilliant," Nisha Capper tells Newsbeat. "I never thought I'd be partying in the cathedral. Halfway through the night, I was...
Ross Moughtin
Feb 16, 2024


When you speak to 4.1 billion people
Strangely I found myself seated in the very same place occupied by Prince Harry just nine months previous, three rows back and towards...
Ross Moughtin
Feb 9, 2024
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