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My Post a Week 2011 Challenge
Following up on that comment at the end of my last post to do with writing more often, I’m sure it didn’t escape your notice that 2010 was my least prolific year on record! I am hoping to remedy that, and now the good people here at WordPress have a great initiative going on to encourage [...]
The gym and New Year resolutions
After being away from the gym for a couple of weeks after Christmas, it was hilarious to be back in my spinning class on the first working day of the year… …and trust me, not just because I knew the pain afterwards would be really something (as it turns out, two days later my quads felt like someone [...]
Of Newspapers and Paywalls
The Times is my favourite newspaper…by an absolute mile and a half. I used to read all my daily news on the paper’s website, and would then delve into the columns..from India Knight to William Rees-Mogg, Caitlin Moran to Ann Treneman. The hard-hitting political coverage to the arts reviews - I loved them all…then Rupert Murdoch [...]
Good To Be Back
I know, I know. Where have I been? Sigh. Good question. Never mind that; the important thing is, I’m back! Okay, I’ll give you an explanation, I owe you that much. I’ve been engrossed in the day job. Is that all, you ask? Well, er, yeah. I’ve never quite had a year like 2009 at [...]
I’m currently reading…So You Don’t Want To Go To Church Anymore
In the past eighteen to twenty-four months, my church-going habits have deteriorated badly. While they may now be described as sporadic, for a long period I didn’t go anywhere at all, and took recourse in my home on Sunday mornings. I can’t put a finger on the specific date that my love for what I’d [...]
Happy New Year!
I know it’s taken me all of twenty days, but I’m still wishing regular visitors to this blog – and all new guests too! – a very Happy New Year! I hope you had a wonderful Christmas…it really does seem that January has come round much sooner than I expected! If you were around last year, [...]
The advent of misery porn
Though I love the cinema, I don’t go as often as I’d like because I must confess there really isn’t very much that I can watch… …or read, for that matter. I’m extremely sensitive when it comes to such things which is odd, because I am the farthest thing from a delicate little flower you can imagine. [...]
I’m currently reading…Half of a Yellow Sun
I’m currently reading Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. To be continued.
I’m currently reading…The Shack
I haven’t had any books personally recommended to me for quite a while. I tend to hear about, or get wind of, authors, and then I’ll read one, two, or even three of their books in quick succession. Or, I get interested in a particular concept or topic – it could be apologetics, legal dramas, the [...]
Slavery, and what it means to me (written February 2007)