Wool gathering of a northern dean

I've blogged about my family history before. My mother was born in Weimar Germany into a Jewish family in Düsseldorf. Soon the Nazis cam...

I once attended an act of worship whose leader issued this challenge: 'we're going to sing a song of praise to God that children lov...

It’s that time of year again. The shops are full of lurid spectres, ghosts, creepy-crawlies, masks and skeletons. ‘Halloween is almost here!...

I have just come back from a stimulating hour at the Durham Book Festival. I was on a platform in front of an attentive crowd to interview a...

Five days to go until the Vote. We have set up a candle stand in Durham Cathedral at the altar of Queen Margaret of Scotland and are invitin...

Apologies to R. S. Thomas for the title - inspired by his poem 'Poetry for Supper'.  Today I invited a small audience in the Cathedr...

The way Cliff Richard has been treated is shocking. At least, it has shocked me.  Not only was his house searched while he was known to be o...