Wool gathering of a northern dean

I admit it: I'm not the biggest fan of Songs of Praise, though my wife and I watch it most weeks after cathedral evensong over a cup of ...

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 day we have not wanted to arrive, for it has marked the end of Durham Cathedral Choir's year. At the end of evensong, we sai...

What did you read in your childhood that instilled a love of books and changed your life? There was so much I enjoyed as a child: Tho...

I'm reticent about adding to the torrent of comment and opinion following the massacre on the Tunisian beach at Sousse. When we're f...

Midsummer. Not that you'd feel it most of the time. The cool grey spring has slid imperceptibly into a cool grey summer. In previous Jun...