January 2023

One of things that I love about Brew@2  (which happens every Tuesday in term time) is how seemingly separate strains of conversation oven converge in surprising ways.  This semester we’ve invited anyone who is interested to add a topic of...

I recently had one of my sons come for a visit. He is keen to make sure I take some exercise and so takes me on long, rambling walks all over Bath. I think in his mind it is a...

The third Sunday in January has become designated as World Religion Day.  Resorting to Google I find that this practice started in 1950 with the intention of highlighting the positive spiritual principles that underlie all religions and promoting religious harmony. ...

Eight days after his birth Jesus was named. Luke records: On the eighth day, when it was time to circumcise the child, he was named Jesus, the name the angel had given him before he was conceived. (Luke 2:21) After...