I spent a few hours in church this week, which is very unusual for me.  They say it's part of the induction process and i've heard there are checks in place to make sure we go.  I can already feel the difference.  My ideas are changing.  I had only the vaguest idea when i agreed to attend City Temple that i'd be challenged so much, and that it was ( Read more... )

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I believe in markets.  Not in the von Hayek sense, but in the 'one pahnd a pahnd git chore luvverly cherries here' sense.  Mine is in North London, and it is a keystone in my personal campaign to not buy things in Tesco all the time.  This campaign, as anyone who has lived in the UK will tell you, is a difficult one to prosecute and very unlikely ( Read more... )

I pushed my bad foot against the top bar of a heavy iron gate that was almost as tall as me.  My bad ankle squealed with the effort and then screamed as i landed on the grey, unyielding pavement.  I stood up slowly from my low crouch, realising I had nearly castrated myself on one the long spikes that speared above the bar.  I tried to ignore the ( Read more... )

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Where are all the past days hiding?

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