Thursday, March 19th, 2020
‘A Quiet Kind of Thunder,’ by Sara Barnard Initially, I thought that this teenage story had been mistakingly selected by our book club members. In fact, I was tempted to abandon it until someone in the group enquired if I was enjoying it. Enticed, later I was glad that I persevered reading a simple […]
Thursday, February 13th, 2020
Christmas with a difference 2019 I dread Christmas. I agree with so many folk that preparations start far too early and it’s overly commercialised. Furthermore, some companies, in misguided fear of causing offence, increasingly refer to Christmas as the Winter Holidays. However, I enjoy taking part in many events in the period leading up toward […]
Sunday, January 5th, 2020
24th September 2019 Speaking with Cardinal Vincent Nichols My appointment was at 2:30 in Archbishop’s House Ambrosian Avenue. My good friend Noreen, generously agreed to accompany me. I was very apprehensive, not knowing how this long awaited opportunity to discuss matters with Cardinal Vincent would be conducted. I reported the sexual abuse that I had […]
Monday, December 16th, 2019
When I visited Canterbury Cathedral in July this year I recalled having been taken there when I was a second year novice in Friar Park, Henley on Thames in 1962. (Later home of George Harrison) I have already blogged about my experience of this visit. As soon as I learnt that Murder in the Cathedral […]
Monday, December 16th, 2019
Two of us were very fortunate in being given tickets to the Globe Theatre London. We enjoyed a wonderful production of ‘The Merry Wives of Windsor.’ When you are living in the south of England it would seem to me that there is nothing quite as good an experience as that. Although the literature teachers […]
Monday, December 16th, 2019
550 Celebration of the birth of Dhan Dhan Sahib Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji Tuesday 12th November 2019 My friend Jeet and her husband, Hari, invited me to accompany them to the celebration of 550th Birth Anniversary of Dhan Dhan Sahib Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji held at the Ian Goodchlld Centre Camberley. I wore […]