Cultivating Community

Last month, I had the privilege of being asked to bring my voice and my guitar to be part of […]

Reconciling the Irreconcilable

Well, this is it.  This month is the one which, if you believe the Government and if the Government is […]

A Tale of Two Fishes

Bob and Finn were two goldfish, sharing the sparsely-furnished space the pet shop owner described as the “ideal starter tank”.  […]

New Beginnings

Once before in one of my articles for the village magazines, I made reference to the fact that it is […]

The Tyranny of the Urgent

There are different ways of relating to the telephone.  Some people always rush to answer.  Some have a look at […]

On Violence

It will be old news by the time you read this, but as I write, the world is coming to […]

Interconnectedness

You may have come across “Chaos Theory”, and in particular its most famous illustration, the “Butterfly Effect.”  This suggests that […]

On Democracy

On 11th November 1947, Winston Churchill said, “Many forms of Government have been tried, and will be tried in this […]

Twelve Days of Christmas

I came across something this week which has probably been “a thing” for years but which I’ve not known to […]

The Night Before Christmas

In November this year, we have been encouraged to look back to the horrific events of the First World War […]