Haste
Haste You want to rush, get to the end work it out and have it solved. Who wouldn’t? But the […]
Homage to Hockney
In 2012 I went to see the Royal Academy Exhibition called ‘A Bigger Picture’ by David Hockney. It had an
The Power of an Ordinary Human Being.
Last Wednesday my daughter Lara bought us all tickets to see Ken Loach’s latest film ‘Jimmy’s Hall’. I have followed
Travelling
I am on the way to London with my daughter. The dislocation of travelling always strikes me. Going from the
Taking Stock
Taking Stock There come moments in life when we are forced to take stock. A loss, a challenge a brokenness,
Encounters that Transform.
I have been thinking about the need we all have for someone to listen to us, and enable us to
‘Children are living in an “unprecedented toxic climate”’
In today’s Independent Ian Johnston makes a point that is becoming increasingly clear to me. ‘Children are living in an
Christmas Magic
The white, crisp pillowcase and freshly laundered school sock were the harbingers of Christmas magic when I was a boy.
The Deep Unsleeping Witness of the Dark
As I walked today with a friend in the valley that I live in, the dogs chasing around our legs,
Visitation
Last week we had a visit from Lara’s Godmother Barbara. Twenty years ago she was our midwife, she was involved