One of my ongoing activities is to understand what is happening in the Middle East; Continue reading
Author Archives: John
Blair, LaMonte, and a second Brexit referendum?
I have just been listening to Thursday’s edition of the BBC Radio 4 Today program on catch-up. Continue reading
Cyrus and Trump revisited
Earlier on in the Trump presidency I wrote a blog article titled: King Cyrus and President Trump. Continue reading
My 2018 Archers diary
I intend to update my Archers diary from time to time, especially when there has been a significant happening in this the world’s longest soap operate Continue reading
2017 – looking back; 2018 – looking forward (2)
In my earlier post on the subject, I focused mostly on looking back and reflecting upon significant world events, in what turned out to be an extraordinarily momentous year (2017). Continue reading
2017 – looking back; 2018 – looking forward (1)
Often around the end of the year, in the period between Christmas and New Year’s Day, Continue reading
Midnight Christmas Communion at St. Lukes
One Christmas tradition I have observed this day and ever since I became a Christian in my teens, Continue reading
Homelessness and the Christmas story
It was lovely when a week or so back I got to go to a school and speak to some five year olds about homelessness. Continue reading
Southend named as a “rotten borough”
Rotten Boroughs were those boroughs, prior to the passing of the 1832 Reform Act, Continue reading