One of the unintentional consequences of my becoming a regular blogger is I often find myself writing about named individuals, often shortly after their death. Some I knew personally and others by reputation only. Some were well known and others only known in their tight inner circle. Some whose funerals I got to attend in order to pay my respects; others this was not possible. I also found myself reflecting on figures of history, often in the light of things happening around me of consequence. And then there are others, still alive but who I felt I should write about because of something significant happening, and this often involved my attending some event in which they had played a prominent role. I have tried to adopt the “true, necessary and kind” principle and focus on the positives.
Book 9: Last updated 30/01/18
27/01/18 Varghese Mathai – evangelist – a personal tribute
22/01/18 Ray Davy – a personal tribute
15/10/17 Del and Michelle’s wedding
21/09/17 Sir Teddy Taylor
17/09/17 Roger Ninnis – 31 Years of faithful service
04/09/17 In Loving Memory of Roy White
19/08/17 Remembering Sir Bruce Forsyth
25/07/17 Reg Copley
22/07/17 Alan Brown (22/06/61 – 07/04/17)
21/07/17 O.J.Simpson
07/06/17 Geoff Carr – Evangelist
22/03/17 Martin McGuinness – terrorist and statesmen
28/02/17 Rob Tinlin steps down
25/02/17 Two funerals in a week
29/01/17 John Hurt RIP
24/01/17 A tribute to Rachael Heyhoe-Flint
17/01/17 Martin Luther King, Jr.
05/01/17 Ealing vicarage rape victim Jill Saward dies
28/12/16 A year of deaths
26/12/16 George Michael RIP
19/12/16 Deaths of Lionel Blue and Zsa Zsa Gabor
04/12/16 Judge Jeanine Pirro
26/11/16 Fidel Castro’s legacy
18/10/16 Mary Whitehouse
13/10/16 Bob Dylan wins the Nobel Prize
09/10/16 Sheela Abraham
08/10/16 Tom Eastwell – an inspirational teacher
26/09/16 Arnold Palmer – the man who changed golf
24/09/16 New bench in Cluny Park
15/09/16 Billy Graham and Franklin Graham
04/09/16 Facing the Canon
31/08/16 Biggles
06/08/16 Hillary Clinton
05/08/16 Gary Sobers
23/06/16 Ellie Butler
21/06/16 F.B.Meyer
04/06/16 Boxing legend Muhammad Ali dies
22/05/16 An evening with Terry Waite
26/04/16 Happy Harry
21/04/16 Inspirational heroes
08/03/16 Death of a godmother
17/02/16 Peter Tatchell – a national treasure!?
08/02/16 Dmitri Mendeleev
01/02/16 Terry Wogan
15/01/16 J.I.Packer
03/01/16 David Bowie
16/12/15 Dr. Claire Joseph
15/12/15 Time Person of the Year – Angela Merkel
03/12/15 The Tony Benn legacy
13/10/15 Terry Whitman
07/10/15 David Wilkerson – prophet
25/09/15 Rev. Ken Leech
16/09/15 C.S.Lewis – a life
14/08/15 Albert
05/08/15 Willie Thorne’s gambling addiction
03/08/15 Remembering Cilla
31/07/15 Peter O’Sullevan – horse racing legend
02/06/15 Harold Wilson’s legacy
03/05/15 Albert Belden (1883 – 1964)
10/04/15 Richie Benaud – cricket legend
24/01/15 Martin Luther King
11/01/15 Andrae Crouch – music legend
01/01/15 Sir David Amess MP
11/12/14 Unsung heroes
02/12/14 General William Dobbie
27/11/14 Dominic Bann – hockey player
12/09/14 Remembering Ian Paisley
12/08/14 Robin Williams RIP
24/07/14 Lord Denis Healey
03/06/14 Bonhoeffer
30/05/14 The legacy of Stephen Sutton
02/05/14 A tribute to Joe Goodman
25/03/14 Tony Benn – a true democrat
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