I whiled away an hour on Good Friday, trying to decide what my favourite Holy Week painting is. I tend to shy away from paintings of the crucifixion as they are so distressing. Crucifixion paintings are any empath’s worst nightmare; even the biblical accounts freak me out. A process that is so agonising that […]
I was reading a monograph about the Foxglove plant earlier this week, about how originally it was used to treat ‘dropsy’, often killing the patient along the way until a chemist figured out how much of the dried leaf to give, and that digitalis works by strengthening and slowing the heart. It is still widely […]
Finally made it to Glastonbury today – the Tor, not the dopey festival. I travelled through the ridiculously beautiful villages of Somerset. I’ve been wanting to visit the town after a lifetime fascination with the Once and Future King. If you haven’t read any of Stephen R. Lawhead’s books, you have a treat in store. […]
What a dreadful day for London. It’s difficult to know what to say without resorting to platitudes or running the risk of offending the people who have been affected. I just pray for God’s solace for the bereaved, healing for the sick, and protection for all Londoners as well as the people in all […]
The headline in the paper yesterday made me laugh, “Mourinho Fury”. Why this was considered to be newsworthy is a mystery. Mourinho is always furious, it’s his default setting. It’s like having a headline saying Alex Ferguson hates referees or the rain in Spain mainly falls on the plain (note to self – is that […]
