Society – The Rectory

November 30, 2024

As Noddy Holder says clearly and raucously, “It’s Christmas!” Strictly speaking, it’s not even Advent as I write, but by […]

October 31, 2024

I read recently about an exchange of views in the “Big Brother House” that has caused a bit of a […]

January 31, 2024

One of the things I enjoy about living in this benefice is the active community that there is in the […]

November 30, 2023

Once, conversation in the streets and workplaces commonly included discussion about what people had all seen on TV the previous […]

June 30, 2023

As a Christian, I have always been somewhat suspicious of the way that the conflict in Northern Ireland has been […]

April 30, 2023

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

December 31, 2022

My wife and I had a bit of a scare last month. We set off after she finished work on […]

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 […]