By Geoff Bottoms Only in Luke’s Acts of the Apostles, recording the very earliest days of the infant church, do we get a timeline of the Easter... Continue reading
‘Come build in the empty house of the stare.’ – W. B. Yeats Sparrows are nestingunder the eaves again,where the wood is rottingand the insulation’s gone.The nearby... Continue reading
I told them the flat was damp,cold, that mould grew in the kitchen,mushrooms in the wardrobe.They gave me a flag.Said “Here, wave this.” I took the flag.... Continue reading
Free ebook available here By Paul Francis Has Labour blown it? Sold their souls?It’s Armageddon at the polls.Remember twenty twenty-four,that talk of Change? Not any more. A... Continue reading
By Geoff Bottoms If you thought that the Social Teaching of the Catholic Church was its best kept secret, then the international movement We are Church International... Continue reading
By Paul Laughlin The change generationsHave bled to secureIs denied by decisionsWhich contrive to ensureThe poor still waitTo see the day whenPrivilege and rankHave withered awayWhile the... Continue reading
By Emma Storr I enjoyed the variety of these seven stories written mainly in the first person. In the preface to the book the author explains that... Continue reading
By Alan Morrison Their colour the turquoiseOf the sea that surroundsOur island fortressWhich they seek to reinforceWith fire-lit vigilsGuard-patrolled battlementsRaised drawbridges& thoroughly closed borders(Lapping up votesIn aid... Continue reading