Current Affairs – Page 2

April 30, 2023

I’ve written in the past about St Dunstan, usually in May, because he died on 19th May 988 (1035 years […]

January 31, 2023

It’s that time of year when I realise that I need to set some time aside in my diary to […]

November 30, 2022

There was a girl called Ellie who needed help. I don’t know the full story, but for one reason or […]

October 31, 2022

Through the wonders of Twitter, I am loosely in contact with the son of the vicar who baptised me when […]

September 30, 2022

Over three and a half million. That’s one estimate I heard of the number of people the Queen met in […]

June 30, 2022

I was speaking this week with someone about some of the quirky old laws that are alleged to be still […]

May 31, 2022

I have two lasting memories of the Silver Jubilee celebrations (I know what you’re saying – “You don’t look old […]

March 31, 2022

Occasionally, the world presents us with situations that make us re-evaluate the way we think about life. Two years ago, […]

February 21, 2022

There’s a line in the Bible’s Book of Ecclesiastes which reads simply, “There is nothing new under the sun.” It […]

October 31, 2021

I cannot imagine how Alec Baldwin feels right now. If you haven’t heard the news, he is an actor, currently […]

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