Monthly Archives: November 2004

Charles Clarke and genocide

It has been entertaining me to observe the rise and fall of news stories. Yesterday morning I was listening to the Today programme and heard John Humphries pushing the Education Secretary, Charles Clarke, to the limit of his patience. The infamous … Continue reading

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Finished and confused

I have finished The Handmaid's Tale and it is not just the new tablets causing the confusion (though I do feel a bit as if someone is hammering me over the head). The book is shocking in the most pervasive … Continue reading

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The Handmaid

Don't read The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood if you are of a nervous disposition. Not having finished it yet, I am disinclined to comment further. But watch this space.

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Constant Change

I used to argue with o­ne of my lecturers at college who said that the o­nly thing constant about God was constant change. It seems that my life is all about change just now. I am not allowed to drive … Continue reading

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Modern inventions

Did you know you can buy a battery-operated automatic card shuffler?

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Remembrance Hope

From Eddie Askew Lord my mind can’t cope/ It’s hard to see a pattern in the dark. Harder still to see an underlying purpose, when suffering throws its shadow, and hope’s eclipsed. Christian cliches bring no comfort. The candle flame … Continue reading

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Microphones

Sound systems in churches have become much easier to deal with now that Maplin Electronics has shops in Scotland. It all used to be a mystery; but now it is possible to walk in off the street and buy spare … Continue reading

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It is coming

It can’t be only seven weeks to Christmas!

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Arafat

It seems to me that the death of Yasser Arafat makes the world less stable. 75 wasn’t that old by Western standards, but because of the way he dedicated his life to the Palestinian cause it is not surprising he … Continue reading

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Technology

It is time for another rant about technology. The trouble is that it is marvellous when everything works the way it should; but hopeless when things go wrong. It could be said that we live in an age of technological … Continue reading

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