May 24th 2011 -
Isn't there something comforting about the term 'Business as usual'? Everything is happening as it always does, as you would expect. Lectures, planning summer holidays, nights out, the same old banter and tensions. Nothing too exciting, nothing too awful - predictable and comfy. So on the one hand, I like it. Life throws at us all sorts of challenges, twists, turns and...
May 17th 2011 -
I like it when my colleagues go on holiday. They might not be pleased to hear this, but I do. Why? Because when they return - they bring sweets. As a result I have just eaten so many M&M’s I feel a little sick. Not to mention the number of Hershey’s kisses I 'had' to consume to make a firm decision on...
May 12th 2011 -
I’ve been working out of our church office recently and on my morning walk, I’ve noticed a lot more students around than I usually see. And they’re not walking back from nights out, they’re fully dressed and carrying piles of books: it must be approaching deadline time. Deadlines can be all consuming, time suddenly speeds up, your focus narrows, all your...
May 11th 2011 -
Have you ever played those memory games where you cover over ten objects with a tea towel and then try and remember what was there? I was always rubbish at those – I like looking ahead, my memory is shocking. But memory is a great gift – as humans we are able to remember, to think on, and to celebrate what has been....
May 10th 2011 -
Botch jobs go wrong – sooner or later. TV programs are devoted to lazy surgeons operating without truly knowing what they're doing, and cowboy builders doing jobs worthy of announcing your home as a hazard. Your God isn't a God of the botch job I apologise lads, this is about to get a tad girly. Because what better picture of the anti-botch job...
May 9th 2011 -
In the Spring of 1912, Julian Huxley took two weeks holiday from his studies at Cambridge University. He spent them at Tring Reservoirs in Hertfordshire, observing, recording and describing the behaviour of Great Crested Grebes. No one had ever recorded the behaviour of wildlife before, previously natural science was located solely in the laboratory. Huxley published his findings and single...
May 5th 2011 -
Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock, you’ll probably be aware that a referendum is taking place today, asking voters whether they want to change how MPs are elected in General Elections. Until 10pm, we have the opportunity to provide our answer to the question: "At present, the UK uses the 'first past the post' system to elect MPs to the...
