Category: Religion

Church Lit

A conscientious author would conclude such an enormous subject can only be done justice in two volumes and then by just touching on the important bits.

Dissolution

  Type into Google “dissolution of the” and there are two choices: monasteries and Soviet Union.

World Order

  The UK has greater influence in the world than you might expect for a small island nation on the fringe of Europe.

Glastonbury Revisited

As the Glastonbury Festival closes it’s worth reflecting on its history. Not the festival – the abbey.

Aggiornamento

Aggiornamento is a lovely word; it means bringing up-to-date. So you get an aggiornamento here most days.

Let Us Pray

Yesterday’s post portrayed the author as a feckless flâneur with an addiction to alliteration and alcohol. Guilty as gharged.

The Spire

A bellcote is like a dovecote with at least one difference; the latter is a home for pigeons, the former for bats and bells.

July Gleanings

“My dear Rick, when will you realize that in this world today isolationism is no longer a practical policy?” (Casablanca)