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I recently called at St Paul’s Church, Shipley. Its website lists the Priest in Charge (a job title I always thought rather awkward on a number of levels) as a gentleman with whom I used to teach. He now wears a clerical collar and I dress much as I did when in the classroom- a sober suit, shirt and tie.
Cairn Holy Chambered Cairns: now there’s an intriguing location on the map of south-west Scotland.
The fifth of November: the date enshrined in our national calendar and mental consciousness, recalling when several persons attempted to blow up Parliament back in 1605. Much as I love that ancient institution and would strive to defend its honour, some of the stupid laws it is pleased to churn out sometimes stretches even my sense of affection. 'Abortion Buffer Zones', for instance.