Morality

Jun 5, 2017

Why we will all go back to work today

There have been two occasions in recent weeks on which I’ve woken early and arrived down in the kitchen to discover horror stories all...

Apr 16, 2017

President Lannister and other despots

You would think we know better in 2017. On one side of the world we have Kim Jong-un standing before the massed ranks of his army and...

Aug 22, 2016

Cupcakes and customer service

A guest post by Suzanne Stolberg Anyone who has heard Chris’s approach to not tolerating dental patients who are looking for the cheapest...

Aug 20, 2016

Seriously

You all know how much I love my taxi-driver stories because they demonstrate the triumph of the human spirit, of love and endeavour over...

Aug 7, 2016

The Eruv

Warning: if your religious sensibilities are easily upset, please don’t read this post. Trafford Council Planning Application Number...

Jun 26, 2016

Who were the Brexit voters?

The result is the result and, depending on how you voted (or didn’t) the party poppers or spilt milk can now be cleared away – tomorrow...

Aug 22, 2015

Parker Palmer on the “examined life”

In his May 10, 2015 Naropa University graduation address, Parker Palmer offered the advice of Socrates, and urged Naropa graduates to...

Aug 1, 2015

The Moral Compass

The week began with a cocaine-snorting, philandering Lord of the Realm, caught with his pants down and somebody else’s brassiere on. We...