Humpty Dumpty

Alarm bells are ringing in Denmark and – more quietly – in the rest of Europe. The Danish government is proposing to legislate about...

We have long known that dogs have a keener sense of smell than humans. They use their noses in much the same way as we use our eyes....

‘Humpty, you wouldn’t be upset if I described you as a gentleman, would you?’ Suddenly I had misgivings. It’s a word with an...

Whether we are Baptists, Methodists URC or C of E, we are probably indebted to Stuart Townend. If we don’t know his name, we have...

Humpty was looking pensive. ‘Humpty, would you say you are melancholy?’ Eventually he replied with: ‘Try falling off a wall and see what...

In her 1994 book ‘Religion in Britain since 1945’ Grace Davie, a sociologist, commented: ‘The overall pattern of religious life is...

‘Why so pale, Humpty? Thinking of your bucket list?’ ‘Thank you. No. That’s done and dusted,’ ‘But does it include metal-detecting – and...

Choosing a name for a new arrival is hardly child’s play. It can stir passions and cause rifts. Gathered round the font, parents and...

Re Beeching, again The ‘Railway Problem’ is not new and I have an extensive library on the matter including ‘The Train that ran away’...

Cheryl and Sally in the Long Melford group of churches are starting a book club this month with ‘Under Wartime Skies’ by local author Liz...

Every trade needs its kit. That means a variety of vocabularies. Carpenters and joiners need words like mortice and tenon. Motor...

New product: new name. So it was that Karl von Reichenbach, having invented a new product, also invented a name for it – paraffin. He...

But for Alexander McCall Smith, many of us might never have heard of Botswana. But if we have read any of the 21 novels in the ‘Number...

Christ Church Central, Sheffield calls itself ‘a church for people who don’t go to church.’ It was planted from Christ Church, Fulwood in...

‘Get sporty’ is the watchword at St Andrew’s, Leyland. Football is on the menu and the over-55s get together on Monday afternoons for...

An influx of up to 300,000 Hong Kong citizens is expected to be arriving over the next five years in the UK. This will be an opportunity...

‘Humpty, I hardly like to mention it but you once met Alice, I believe.’ Humpty pretended not to hear. He had his head in a book. I...