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“In the midst of life, we are in death.” I have lost count of the times I have read those words of committal at a graveside or...

Are you an optimist or a pessimist? After the year we have had in 2020 this is a pertinent question. Our experience of the past year...

What are your most valued memories of 2020? In a strange year, little things stand out: a leisurely meal in beautiful surroundings, a...

This is the penultimate blog for 2020. Looking back, I can’t help thinking: “I didn’t see that coming!” We have all heard the words:...

2020 is rapidly drawing to a close. What an odd year it has been. A heightened level of uncertainty personally, socially, politically,...

Advent is a time to prepare: to celebrate the first coming of Jesus, the king born in a manger, and also to anticipate the return of the...

One of the front page headlines that announced the death of Argentinian footballer Diego Maradona, who died last week aged 60, described...

For many the highlight of this second lockdown is the appearance on Netflix of Season 4 of The Crown. Viewers have waited a year to get...

It is usually at this time of the year that I begin to think of Christmas. I have made our Christmas puddings and the annual store and...

Some of my favourite lines from the iconic 1960's New York band The Velvet Underground are: “…you know that women never really faint and...

Today the Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to tell the House of Commons that, “There is no alternative to a second lockdown.” It...

One of the things that I have missed during the past nine months is going to the cinema. There is something unique about getting lost in...