Wool gathering of a northern dean

I've just finished reading a rather wonderful wintry book: Ian Bostridge's Schubert's Winter Journey: Anatomy of an Obsession. I...

As I write this, a vast crowd is gathering in Paris in a defiant cry for freedom and unity following last week's terrible massacres. Man...

In the Chapel of the Nine Altars in Durham Cathedral, there is a striking sculpture by local sculptor Fenwick Lawson. His Pietà shows Mary a...

Last week we went to Sheffield to see The Winter's Tale . The Crucible Theatre has a thrust stage and we had seats close to it. It alway...

SPCK have just published my new book, Lost Sons: God’s Long Search for Humanity. I don’t want to indulge in self-promotion ( moi ?).   But ...

I have been away on a kind of retreat.   I spent four days last week in a sunny, airy environment being well looked after by a kind team of ...

I’ve been reading an intriguing book this week: The Antidote: Happiness for People who Can’t Stand Positive Thinking by Oliver Burkeman.   I...