Just before Barack Obama became president of the USA, I had a surreal conversation with a mature Christian friend that made a lasting impression. Continue reading →

Following on from the Southend Welcoming Refugees event, which I had earlier blogged about, Continue reading →

With this posting, another landmark in my short career as a blogger has come and is soon to go – for this is my 400^th blog posting, to what some regard (probably rightly so) as “the diary of a nobody” Continue reading →

The subject of grammar schools continues to be raised, ever since I wrote “A Parents Guide to the 11-plus” seven years ago, and long before that even. Continue reading →

One of the joys of community work is I get to rub shoulders with people from all political parties Continue reading →

I thought to make the title “Always look on the bright side of life” Continue reading →

If you don’t do anything else, check out this link, titled: “How should we respond to people begging?” Continue reading →

One of the stories in my mixed bag of Facebook posts today was one recognizing it is 100 years to the day when nurse Edith Cavell was shot by the Germans for spying. Continue reading →

The Rugby World Cup 2015 has been going for a little over 3 weeks and a lot has happened since I last blogged on the subject, Continue reading →

While I was helping out in our regular Saturday night “soup” run yesterday, I had two meaningfully, pleasant, separate conversations with two of my rough sleeper / living on the edge friends, Continue reading →