Moral But No Compass: No Map Either? by David Keen
Speaking to a councillor at a Local Authority, I realised a couple of minutes into the chat that it wasn’t really a conversation - he was simply asking loaded questions to get a ‘vicar supports council policy’ answer out of me.
This post - the third in our series about the “Moral but No Compass” report [...]
My Initial Reactions to Moral but No Compass: Bishop Alan Wilson
This post - the second in our series about the “Moral but No Compass” report commissioned by the Church of England looking at the role of the Church in the public square, is a repost of the initial reflections from Alan Wilson, Bishop of Buckingham.
The article was originally posted on Bishop Alan’s blog on Monday [...]
Churches and public service - Thinking Aloud by Simon Barrow
Introduction by Matt Wardman
At The Wardman Wire we will be publishing a series of articles about the Von Hugel Institute Centre for the Study of Faith in Society report “Moral, but No Compass”. Over the next several weeks, we will be publishing a number of articles - hopefully from a range of viewpoints - aiming [...]
Blogpower Roundup: It’s Raining, It’s Pouring Edition
A cracking Blogpower roundup by Ian from Question That over at Blogpower:
As the saying goes, if it weren’t for the weather the British would be left with nothing to talk about. This is seldom more apparent than when the skies are grey and going outside leaves you soaking wet. Guthrum raises the subject of flood [...]
Carol Ann Duffy Poem Censored from Education Syllabus by AQA
I picked this up from the BBC iPM programme:
You’ve probably read the flurry of press coverage the followed our earlier blog post and the subsequent article in BBC News Online. To recap, exam board AQA removed a poem, Education for Leisure, from a GCSE anthology because of concerns over knife crime.
It’s good to see iPM [...]
Sarah Palin: Kinnock the Movie remixed to the Dallas theme tune
A fantastic spot from Bishop Alan Wilson on the Sarah Palin puff-tape:
Listening to the soundtrack, I realised it came from the 70’s TV series Dallas!
How did all the politicos miss that?
Perhaps they didn’t and I missed them not missing it.
Click through for the video.
Graeme Hick: Retires from Cricket after 25 Years at Worcestershire
“The former England batsman, Graeme Hick, has announced that he will retire at the end of the summer to take up a coaching post at Malvern College.”
A Century of Centuries:
(click on the title for more)
