Here I sit on Christmas Eve, and I haven't wrapped my presents yet, so I hope all will forgive me bringing back a post from December 2016, when I said: I would like to write a few words about Nahum Tate (1652-1715). The Wikipedia article on him...
Many people took up new hobbies during lockdown, eighteen months ago. One young man (real name Will Chirag, but now known to millions as Chigs) decided to take up baking. On Tuesday 23rd November, he amazingly reached the final of the Great British Bake-Off, which is...
It’s coming up to Christmas, and I’ll say here just once that maybe someone you know would like a lovely book about the adventures and murders that take place in Ragaris. Moving on, one of the interests of being an author, perhaps especially an independently- published...
Clearing out earlier this year, I came across my daughter’s old revision guide-books. These were produced by a company called CGP to condense the basic biology, chemistry and physics needed for her to pass Key Stage Three, and subsequently Core, Higher and Advanced science GCSE. Unlike...
The story of “We Do Not Kill Children” runs basically from 26th September to 15th November, but reaches its climax on Hallowe’en. Organising the dates was a complicated business when writing it, and so I always think of October as Dorac’s month. The following therefore...
The Fifth Commandment is to honour one’s parents (notably both parents.) “Honour” is not the same thing as either “love” or “obey.” Paul perhaps is extrapolating, when he says (Ephesians 6: 1-3) “Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. ‘Honour your father and...