Jill and me during a visit to Jerusalem I make no claim to be a prophet, but this time last year I made a prediction that, within days, was to become chillingly true. On [...]

Did you hear about the vicar who banned “Onward Christian Soldiers”? St Peter’s Church, Oadby© Mat Fascione / Geograph The chances are that you have: the story [...]

Michael Gove© Chris McAndrew / UK Parliament I don’t like calling for people to be sacked. It isn’t nice when people lose their jobs; and in any normal walk of life due [...]

Yesterday lunchtime, I cast my wife’s ashes into the sea off Nefyn Beach on the Llyn peninsula, as she had asked me to do. Earlier, a memorial service was held at the [...]

Me with Jill Saward on the Mount of the Beatitudes, overlooking the Sea of Galilee. When Jill Saward died in January, I lost my wife; my sons lost their mother; her siblings [...]

The Gurdian journalist Owen Jones shared a message he received from a member of the public in an election news report. And his image has been shared multiple times on social [...]

Ariana Grande© Peter Dzubay / Wikimedia I can’t stop thinking about the victims of last night’s terrorist attack in Manchester. And I can’t begin to [...]

I don’t know what to say. I really don’t. And those of you reading this who know me will know that this is very unusual. There are some things that I want to get across; [...]

© Dibiella / Pixabay Last night’s post about Christmas continuing until 5 January has led to a few questions about when, exactly is 12th Night. The answer is simple [...]

Nativity Scene© Jeff Weese When out and about shopping this week, I’ve noticed that supermarkets have stopped playing Christmas music – I would say carols, but [...]