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  • Gender Roles in Short Stories.

    Inspired by : this post on Women in History, or should I say challenged by, I took another look at short story that I written. I had chosen a male pilot, and a female stewardess. The reasons was exactly the point being made there. It was lazy writing. I didn’t need to think too hard…

  • Noises like that very rarely bode well.

    Noises like that very rarely bode well. The pilot looked up from his instruments, to the panoramic window in-front of him. Smoke was billowing out of the left-hand engine, and the propeller turned it’s last with a grinding, juddering noise. The little EMB 120 shuddered as the second engine took up the strain. With practised…

  • Can you be an intelligent believer?

    Stephen Fry is a man I have a lot of time for. He is funny, thoughtful, brave, and generally all-round talented. The thing that we would probably disagree about is Faith and religion, and a lot of other things in the same ballpark. What he seems to hate is the exploitative nature of some of…

  • The Devil and Mrs. Durant

    It was a short rap at the door. A rap that suggested it’s owner was expected, and that time was of the essence. Elenor Durant, opened the door a tiny crack. Beyond it, bathed in the yellow glow of the security light stood a small, sharp mine. His dark brown eyes sunken into his sallow…

  • Do you need to be baptised to be a Christian?

    Baptism with water is, and has been for a long time (at least the 3rd Century AD (Burnish, Raymond, The Meaning of Baptism, (London:SPCK), 1985 p1). However, the centrality of baptism does not necessarily make one a Christian. While for the Anglican churches of England and Wales, baptism is the de-facto sign of membership, membership…

  • The Summer-Frozen Rose

    For those following the poetry on this blog, they will know that I’m trying to do more editing to my poetry. So, I thought I’d show a full working on a poem I’m currently working on. This is unfinished, and I’m not sure I’m happy with the result, but here they are.

  • Generation Right

    Generation Right.19-June-2014 (ver 1.1) They said on the radio, yesterday, that Generation Y, Is generation right. A generation so convinced of it’s own, individual superiority that they would rip up the welfare state, That they would deny health-care and life to the addict, To those not as fortunate as them, because they deserve it.

  • The rise of the Far-Right in the UK, and other worrying correlations

    There has been something percolating through my mind about the link between scapegoating and the rise of the Far Right that has been bugging me. Something was telling me that there was something going on that I had missed. So I spent some time searching the news to see what it was that people were…

  • Gove Removing “Of Mice and Men” from the curriculem

    So Gove is removing “Of Mice and Men” from the curriculum, and I’d like to say “About Time”. Now, before you all start throwing things, let me explain why. “Of Mice and Men”, by Steinbeck is brilliant. It’s amazing. The In-Depth study I did of it when I was school placed a love of this…

  • Love Bade Me Stay

    Love Bade Me Stay. Love bade me welcome, but my soul drew back, I weary, tired, unwelcome, unwanted, sat unengaged. Love bade me welcome, and the sun shone bright in my eyes, And I, weary, tired, mumbled through liturgical haze. Love Bade me welcome, but uninterested was I, worn down by constant onslaught of fractured…

  • The Death of the UK Two Party System

    Ladies and Gentlemen, I think we can finally announce the death of the 2/3 party system that has held this country for so long. With the rise of the Lib-Dems, we finally broke the 2 party swing. However, due to their political assassination by the conservatives in the coalition deal, their victory was short-lived. That…

  • The Walking Stick (V1)

    The Walking Stick, Abandoned, resting gently against white-washed stone, perhaps forgotten in over-busy haste to leave the sacred space, the walking stick, it’s warn wood moulded to a hand by constant use, Once an aid in it’s owners lonely pilgrimage, to a shrine of healing to ease their aches, their pains, their heartaches, Has it…

  • Found-It : A new service for those that like music.

    Hello World! Found-It is a new blog by the author of this one to share the random stuff that they find on You-Tube. There is a lot of raw talent out there, and people are looking to break into the rather monolithic music industry. There’s all kinds of musical talent there, from funny talented people,…

  • Crucified.

    Jesus on the Cross, with “Faggot” as his crime.

  • This Anglican is for Marriage Equality

    Following the CofE Bishop’s Response to the matter of single-sex marriage, I was a little… irritated. For many, both members of the Church, and non-members, they find it difficult to see how the fact that there are provisions in law is not the same as equality. This is no-more obvious than when it’s seen in…

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