Journeyman

It’s great to be working in an environment where there’s something new to discover every day. This week’s stunning fact turns out to be that more than 60% of the world’s population live in just nine countries. More than 60% of the world’s peoples live in only 9 countries. These nine countries, known as the [...]

Last year Tany and I were given an amazing wedding present, a sailing holiday on the Norfolk Broads with Bob and SJ. It was a great plan, until Bob, doing some downhill mountain biking, failed to complete a jump and landed on his head. We joke about it now, but actually it was pretty scary [...]

The British political system seems to be a bit like the sport of cricket, after days of action somehow we seem to have landed up with a draw. OK, I didn’t quite stay up all night. By 3am it seemed pretty clear that the exit polls were right and that we were going to end [...]

There are some great stories out there, this comes in the top 10% HT Krish K

Yesterday I was leading our Centre Fellowship and thinking about Encouragement. Here’s what happened. We began by watching the first five minutes of the short film, Validation (up to the point when the Police Officer gets complimented on doing a good job). It’s a good illustration of the difference it can make to people to [...]

I grew up without a football team to support. My dad has never really been that keen on sport so left the choice of finding team to follow up to me. He grew up in Portsmouth, but I was born in Southampton. Two cities, two football teams, one great rivalry. My family, on my dad’s [...]

Well it has been an interesting year. New house, new job, new wife… (now that doesn’t sound right, but you know what I mean). It’s been a wonderful 2009 with loads of new experiences and a great deal of fun along the way. I’m endlessly grateful to God for giving me such a fantastic year, [...]

I cannot remember a time when it snowed before Christmas. Maybe when I was a kid, but living on the South Coast we hardly ever had snow. Last night’s flurry was expected. A few inches covering the South East of England and a few other places. Of course, it’s the biggest thing on the news, [...]

So the BBC, carrying out a public service in providing programming that’s informative, challenging and educational, have caved in to Carter Ruck – lawyers for Trafigura – over a rather informative Newsnight piece. Iain Dale, and I’m stealing a lot directly from his post, says… Carter-Ruck have succeeded in persuading the BBC to remove all [...]

Just having managed to get through two portions of Lasange for lunch, back in the office we’ve started receiving Christmas gifts. Now I remember the days of being sent a box of Cadbury’s Roses by companies I’ve given business to, but Halcyon have outdone all others by sending Christmas Cake! I’ve never had Christmas cake [...]