So much for the claims of the evangelical atheists, ‘Brights’, humanists and other God-dodgers. That fact demonstrated over the centuries, and still demonstrated today, is that it is Christians who are seen at the rock-face of social action. Another quote from Utopian Dreams By Tobias Jones I enjoyed: Tobias describes his experience of working on [...]
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Where are the humanists and the Fabians and the Socialists?
Posted: 2nd July 2011 by graham in Culture, preach_it!, reviewsLeader of City of York Council James Alexander at One Voice York
Posted: 22nd June 2011 by graham in Culture, My life, preach_it!Speaking to One Voice York today was leader of the Labour Group in City of York Council, Councillor James Alexander. He came to our One Voice York breakfast today, Wed 22 June 2011, and addressed us about the challenges and opportunities facing the city. As I shared a table with him at the breakfast I [...]
Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night
Posted: 21st June 2011 by graham in Culture, My life, reviewsI know it has been out for ages – published 2003 – but I saw it in a charity shop for £1 when I left the office today to stretch my legs. What a delightful book. I am now curious to know where the writer got all his knowledge, for it displays great understanding. I [...]
Little Britain: One of the most sneering, cold-hearted, nasty little shows ever seen on British TV
Posted: 19th June 2011 by graham in CultureSo said Barbara Ellen of the The Observer, Sunday 19 June 2011. Little Britain is ending and she is rejoicing. “One of the most sneering, cold-hearted, nasty little shows ever seen on British TV,” said Barbara. I want to laugh at good humour but I too had noticed that Little Britain seemed built upon snobbery [...]
I do not believe that the culture of Europe could survive the complete disappearance of the Christian Faith.
Posted: 18th June 2011 by graham in Culture, preach_it!Quote from T S Eliot: I do not believe that the culture of Europe could survive the complete disappearance of the Christian Faith. … If Christianity goes, the whole of our culture goes. Then you must start painfully again, and you cannot put on a new culture ready made. You must wait for the grass [...]
Utopian Dreams:I hear myself grumbling and begin to suspect that I’m becoming a fogey.
Posted: 16th June 2011 by graham in Culture, My life, reviewsStill enjoying Utopian Dreams by Tobias Jones published 2008. I called someone a chap recently, meaning it as a compliment, and he had never heard of the chap phenomenon. I have even read a copy of The Chap magazine. Don’t think I would quite qualify as a chap myself though – no Harris Tweed jacket. [...]
Rupert Murdoch: lessons in apology
Posted: 18th July 2011 by graham in Culture, news_comment, preach_it!Does he have no competent advisors or does he simply refuse to listen to them? Is Murdock really powerful, or is he the powerless slave of his own arrogance? It seems to me that Murdoch has had difficulty apologising. Perhaps he is uncertain what an authentic apology is. On the subject of apologies, this is [...]