Humpty Dumpty

Hardly a day goes by without a report of a clash with an intruder. An elderly person is terrified as she confronts a burglar. A man in...

We’ve all heard of the man who set out to be a philosopher but cheerfulness would keep breaking through. Sometimes an occupation leads to...

In the old days, when there were telegrams, trunk calls and trolley-buses, lovers who were separated for one reason or another used to...

‘Humpty, you’re one of the happy people, aren’t you?’ ‘I should like to think so. Why do you ask?’ ‘I was looking at the Sermon on the...

If it is true that the Bible is full of dreams, it is also true that poets and story-tellers have taken over where the Bible left off....

The biblical writers took dreams seriously. In the Pentateuch Joseph interprets Pharaoh’s dreams. Daniel does the same kind of thing in...

‘Humpty, I called out. Does a building we worship in have any effect on our worship?’ I didn’t ask him whether it is appropriate for a...

I feel sorry for Humpty. After all, he suffered what we call a life-changing event. It’s good that against the odds he’s still with us....

Ref 'Now wash your hands' 3March2021 Hello John, As a one time printing 'techy' I could not refrain from commenting on 'Now Wash...

That gap between sitting the exam and getting the result is nerve-racking. It’s just the first of many such gaps. Medical practitioners...

On and off I have been reading Mantel. I say on and off not because 800 pages is a daunting task, not because the zest for Mantel has...

Mars is now getting a once-over from cameras and drills. Its planetary history is a prime target for NASA. Perseverance may disclose...

We are now accustomed to hiding our features behind a mask. The mouth and nose can easily be covered; the eyes are another matter. And it...

‘The world is my parish,’ John Wesley famously declared. And with that slogan he got on his horse and proclaimed to as many people as he...