I enjoyed visiting Wittenberg last weekend. (I didn’t like the freezing cold!) The place was pretty well deserted and all my previous years’ experience of dealing with crowds was given a refreshing rest. We could explore St Mary’s (the town church), the Melanchthon House,…
There is a scene in the movie ‘Forest Gump’ where Buba’s mother receives a rather large cheque which was Buba’s share of the shrimp business venture and she faints. The next scene however is quite telling. You see she no longer has to be…
I remember my surprise at hearing the story of a person who was engaged breaking off the engagement having met someone else. That’s a change of direction one doesn’t usually expect. (The ‘new’ couple married and are still happily married.) I think changes of…
I remember my surprise at hearing the story of a person who was engaged breaking off the engagement having met someone else. That’s a change of direction one doesn’t usually expect. (The ‘new’ couple married and are still happily married.) I think changes of…
What a week! We’ve watched in horror and sadness the unfolding events in Paris. I think the phrase ‘Je suis Charlie’ will be a hallmark of any retrospective on 2015. The events have triggered memories people have had of other events – Sydney, London,…
I sent a Christmas tweet and put a spelling mistake in it. Not on purpose. A bit too bleary eyed I’m afraid. Instead of being on bended knee around the manger and the altar I said ‘blended’. I preached a Christmas Eve sermon at…
I was intrigued to read in ‘The Week’ that Chinese visitors to Britain face difficulties – there are no Chinese names for many British attractions. Apparently. So tourism officials are inviting them to devise their own names and post them online. So far it…
I sent my first tweet this week. Yes, I do embrace technology (!) – I just don’t want to drown in it. So after a few years of being a follower, I cautiously ventured into cyberspace with a message to the Humanities Department at…
Spoiler alert – if you haven’t seen the last episode of Doctor Who look away now! In the last episode – the season finale – Clara in her grief goes to extreme lengths to force the Doc-tor to change time and save her boyfriend…
I went out on Thursday night to go into Mildenhall to discover that the A1101 was closed en-tering Mildenhall for road works. I took a detour via Eriswell and got to my destination. Later when getting into the car I said to the people…
