Chancellor, Vice-Chancellor, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen It is such a great honour to return to Sunderland to receive this award. I have such happy memories of working here at the University. I remember talented students and hard-working colleagues. I relish all the laughs we shared, including editing the samizdhat staff newsletter in Thornhill Park… Read More from Speech at University of Sunderland honorary degree ceremony
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My blog is a kind of commonplace book (as originated in the late Middle Ages), a rattlebag scrapbook of thoughts, ephemera, proverbs – and a venting of opinions of course.
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“What does it mean to be English?”
Last night in Norwich, at the third Dragon Hall Debate of the year, John Denham, Iain Dale and Ulrike Theuerkauf discussed ‘What it means to be English’ in front of nearly 100 folk from the city. And what a wonderful evening it was, the same day that the royal engagement was announced – we suspected that… Read More from “What does it mean to be English?”
Speaking up
One Sunday morning at Newcastle Quaker Meeting, when an older Friend said to me how much she had enjoyed my contribution to the worship that morning. She added that she always enjoyed my ministry. I swelled with pride momentarily, thinking myself wise, until she explained that she was hard of hearing. Apparently, when I spoke… Read More from Speaking up