Question: Should MPs and councilors be talking to each other? Continue reading →

A couple of days back I reflected on Donald Trump’s presidential aspirations and noted in passing his latest controversial proclamation that Muslims should be banned from entering America. Continue reading →

I had a fascinating and agreeable conversation last night with one of our rough sleeper guests, while helping out with the mini-bus run from Warrior Square to the church hosting last night’s night shelter. Continue reading →

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I suppose if I were to be pressed on the one theme that dominates my blog writing over any other, it would be along the lines that we are in a culture war Continue reading →

I make no secret of the fact that I am a Francophile and have visited France on many occasions, Continue reading →

We are now approaching having completed the second of the seventeen week program for the 2015/16 Church Winter Night Shelters (CWNS) in Southend Continue reading →

Around the turn of the millennium, I found myself changing my career from being a freelance computer consultant to that of a community worker, and it has been so to this day. Continue reading →

Yesterday, and a few days prior to that, and to an extent today, the news headlines in mainstream and social media has been around Continue reading →

One of my earliest blog posts, written shortly after he had died, was about Tony Benn. Continue reading →