It was a briliant doctor that did it for Fabrice

I heard a piece on Radio 4 last week when an earnest cleric speaking in a “religious” voice – you know the one I mean, the slightly breathless and subdued one that is meant to carry weight and meaning. He acknowledged the work of the cardiac specialist and the other medics when Fabrice Muamba collapsed [...]

One Law for All!!

On 11 February I took part in a demonstration in London in support of a campaign for one law in the UK and to express my opposition to the imposition of an alternative legal structure in the form of Sharia Law. The demonstration was organised by some very brave and fearless Muslim ladies all of [...]

The Friday Rant on population and sustainability- 24 hours late

I was chairing and speaking at a conference last week on the theme of leadership to a group of owner/managers of businesses in the sustainability sector. A mix of companies in energy efficiency, carbon monitoring and green logistics were some of the areas of business that were represented. I was asked by the organisers to [...]

It’s Friday Rant time – and its the daftness of religion!

At around 3am I finished reading the compelling book “God is not Great” by Christopher Hitchens. As a one time divinity graduate I found this to be probably the most divine read of my life. Despite the author kicking on an open door as far as his reader is concened, the depths of his analysis [...]

Ending it too soon – the suicides of young men

Before the game at my local rugby club today we had the usual vice presidents lunch populated by men I once knew when their blazers fitted and where tales of amazing solo runs the length of the pitch are told and re-told that underscore the adage of “the older you are, the better you were” [...]

So if the meek are blessed why then does God need all this lauding and praising?

After the pain of starting a run has abated -around two miles from the start in my case – I then find my mind wandering in a myriad of directions. It’s as though my thoughts meander through a labyrinth that is without structure and form. What follows is the meander from this morning’s 5 mile [...]

Religion and Evil

I have copied below a brilliant piece from The Independent of 19 March 2010 by columnist Johann Hari. At the end of the article I have added my own comment made on the Indy web site….. “What can make tens of millions of people – who are in their daily lives peaceful and compassionate and [...]

The Bible – A History – better it had been lost for ever

I watched “The Bible – A History” on Channel 4 last Sunday. I wish I hadn’t! Rageh Omaar is a serious journalist but failed, in over an hour’s broadcasting, to pose one challenging question concerning the authenticity of the source material. He seemed to accept it in a way that a poor undergraduate would accept [...]