May 2022

I love this time of year. I am writing this on the day when we remember the Ascension; Jesus leaving the disciples and going back to heaven. In ten days’ time, we will remember the in-pouring of the Holy Spirit...

It’s a bit of a shame that Bath didn’t get there first, but Taylor Swift was awarded an honorary doctorate from NYU yesterday. She said that she suspected that she was only given the award because of her appropriately titled...

The Scots language (Scots is recognised as an indigenous language of Scotland a regional or minority language of Europe, and a vulnerable language by UNESCO) has many useful and helpful words available. The word I would like to think about...

I have just finished reading a book called Zen and the Art of Saving the Planet produced by the disciples of the Buddhist teacher Thich Nhat Hanh, (pronounced Tich Nat Ahn).  In the book he is referred to simply as...