The church shivers in the cold crouched among the snowdrops slippery in the winter rain Out of time, figures walk among the tombstones, talking of skeletons and saints, dreams and witches And one day you may dance here too disguised…
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I want to start by making a confession. I quite often watch Bargain Hunt on BBC 1. This is largely because it’s shown at lunchtime, when I settle down for my 12.30 sandwich and mug of tea, but I can quite…
Bodies in the cathedral, ashes in the ovens: stations of the holocaust link death with death and responses vary: can you compare one crucifixion with a million nameless executions, or does one contain the other? Do Christians eat up the…
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Two things you could say about Paul Durrant: he gave it everything, and he cared I worked with him for many years, and I didn’t always agree with him. As news editor of the biggest selling regional morning newspaper in…
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