Wool gathering of a northern dean
Reveries and reflections from the Deanery at Durham.
Wednesday, 30 July 2014
The Great War Centenary Should Bring us to our Knees
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'The protagonists of [the First World War] were sleepwalkers, watchful but unseeing, haunted by dreams, yet blind to the horror they wer...
Thursday, 24 July 2014
A Summer's Day in Devon
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I write this from Devon, the little village of Holne tucked into a southern fold of Dartmoor. We are staying in the half-timbered Church Ho...
Saturday, 19 July 2014
Black Flags over Mosul
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The black flags of Isis are flying over Christian churches in Mosul. It is heartbreaking to think of what they symbolise: the ruthless perse...
Tuesday, 24 June 2014
Losing a Son to the Holy War
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It is shocking to learn of Muslims from Britain who have been recruited by ISIS to fight in Syria and Iraq. The summons to j ihad has pro...
Saturday, 31 May 2014
A Danube Journey Day 9: Prague
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This is no longer a Danube journey, more a Vltava one, but you feel the pull of the Danube here in Prague. The day dawns grey and cold. Ther...
A Danube Journey Day 8: Nuremberg and a Long Coach Journey
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It is raining again. At Nuremberg we disembark and are bussed to the city centre. We are told we have 40 minutes before we leave for Prague....
A Danube Journey Day 7: Regensburg and the Danube Gorge
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There is talk of life after the ship. Yesterday we were given instructions by our tour leader about what will happen on when we disembark an...
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