Wool gathering of a northern dean

March in Durham means two things above everything else: Lent, and St Cuthbert. I wrote about Lent in February. This year, Easter falls in...

It's March, and I haven't yet written the February blog.  February is the shortest month, but pace T. S. Eliot, I've always felt...

It's tempting to conclude that when the Daily Mail and the Sun scream at you, you've probably done something right. At least, you...

My last blog was about hearing. This one is about seeing.  What are you giving up for Lent? someone asks. Colour photography I reply, not ...

Jenny and I are like Simeon and Anna in the temple, getting old while we wait for a child to turn up. Not that we are quite ready to say Nun...