Wool gathering of a northern dean

It's the equinox. The trees, still mostly green, display yellow highlights. The vegetation looks tired. The rose garden that has brought...

Today I got a web alert to tell me that a job has been advertised on the CofE website. Mine. DEAN OF DURHAM it says in big letters. That it ...

If you read my last blog you'll know that I've not been around in Durham for much of August. We have been in Haydon Bridge beginning...

Six weeks to go, give or take: retirement is charging down the slipway. 40 days - the same as Lent. But the prospect sometimes feels more li...

Now less than eight weeks to go to retirement. It’s coming up so quickly…. I’ve been clearing out the study, deciding which books to ke...

People don't always believe me when I say that in cathedrals, the diary in June and July tends to be more full than either Advent and Ch...

This is the 23,741st day of my life.* One more day of grace. Today is the Ides of April.** More personally, I reach the emblematic age of ...

I announced my retirement today. It’s not something I’ve ever done before. I don’t expect to be doing it again. So you’ll forgive a soliloq...