Baptised in the book
You sit in the light: a breeze from the window touches your hair, your face in shadow You turn a page: the tilt of your head changes – you are almost smiling You raise your fingers to your lips: they…
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March 2017
Houseago exposes new newt atrocity
Henry (Fred) “Shrimp” Houseago, 87, the legendary activist and newt-chaser, has emerged from hiding to attack plans to cripple and exploit motorists in Norwich and elsewhere. Mr Houseago was once voted the person with the most influence on Norfolk life,…
Grinlow Hill
Footprints in the snow give us away as we climb through the overarching woods and up to the temple with ice on its steps Like echoes, light rays bounce off thin surfaces, the scarred and sacred skin above the caverns…
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Are Christians weird, or is Britain getting absurd?
Comedian Tracey Ullman has produced a couple of sketches recently that poke fun at the an attitude to Christianity which seems to be becoming increasingly prevalent in our green and pleasant land. The first portrayed an applicant for a job who…
Denver sluice
Like a reluctant schoolboy sent shuffling home to put on uniform, the fen sky shifts from grey to grey: deep mud on the banks of the Bedford sucks in the scents of the sluice The big rivers are laid bare:…
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