If one were to ask most people, what is the national game of my country (England), most would say football, certainly for men, and in recent years we have seen many more women playing. Continue reading
UKIP posters
Two days ago, I received an interesting, unexpected telephone call from a friend, who told me he had just been interviewed by a reporter asking him what he thought of the new UKIP posters, Continue reading
Anti gay nurse sacked
Excuse the alarmist headline, which I grant doesn’t bode well if it is balanced reporting you are looking for. But there is a reason for doing this, as will become clear. It is also about me wanting to give vent to some of my many “bees in my bonnet”; Continue reading
Food banks
One of the areas that I have not commented much on to date is concerning the exponential growth of food banks as being one practical response to helping those who find themselves in poverty. Continue reading
A visit to the mosque
I have found that when I post on my blog, more often than not it is a result of some unexpected event earlier taking place, related to one of my many interests, and which has particularly struck me, despite having a vague, broad, longer term plan of what to post and when. Continue reading
Holy week
In my last post, I reflected a little on the Lent season and that my own Christian background did little in terms of practically recognizing what Lent is about, part of which was to prepare ourselves for the week we are now in: Holy Week. Continue reading
SIWG, Bismilla, Lent
Two days ago I attended a meeting of the Southend Interfaith Working Group (SIWG). Continue reading
Street Pastors
One of my long standing community activist interests, and one I have written about previously in my “Outside the Camp” book, is being a Street Pastor. Continue reading
Depression and old age
One of the TV programs I like to watch if I can is “the Apprentice”, where smart young, ambitious business men and women compete to become the next apprentice of the show’s host, leading entrepreneur, Lord Alan Sugar. Continue reading
Echo, gambling, 11-plus
I should first explain what the Echo, gambling and the 11-plus all have in common. Continue reading
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