The Five Year Plan and other stories
Five years ago I started to write this blog for London District. The idea was to provide a two or three minute easy read to share...
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London District Office
Jul 19, 20222 min read
Red Alert
It’s hard to ignore the main news story this week, so I trust, if the forecast is to be believed, that by the time this is published...
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London District Office
Jul 12, 20222 min read
‘Events, dear boy, events’; Harold Macmillan, PM 1957-63
In 1964, Harold Wilson once said, reportedly, ‘a week is a long time in politics’. Last week’s momentous events would seem to confirm...
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London District Office
Jul 5, 20222 min read
Independence, rights and obligations
4th of July. Independence Day in the USA, and the country seems split by several key issues that polarise political and public opinion,...
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London District Office
Jun 28, 20222 min read
‘O perfect redemption, the purchase of blood…’
How does Sir Paul McCartney keep looking so fit and well? Is it the vegetarian diet? Exercise or affluence? Whatever he does, I’d like...
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London District Office
Jun 21, 20222 min read
Somersaulting and landing in the same or a different place?
Last week it was turn of gymnastics to find itself in the glare of the safeguarding spotlight. The Whyte review, commissioned by the...
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London District Office
Jun 14, 20222 min read
A forest of memories
The opening scenes of last night’s new BBC drama series, Sherwood, evoked a whirlwind of memories from 1984. Wherever you stood, or...
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London District Office
Jun 7, 20222 min read
Spotting the cracks
The other big story of the last few days was the finale of the Amber Heard and Johnny Depp court case in Virginia. The outcome raised...
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London District Office
May 31, 20222 min read
Back story, front facing
Depeche Mode were never one of my favourite bands, I’ll admit. I never really got the post punk electronica melange that also seemed to...
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London District Office
May 24, 20222 min read
Things we would rather not talk about until we should
In deference to a couple of friends and colleagues, I won’t go into detail about the events of last Sunday afternoon that took place at a...
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London District Office
May 17, 20222 min read
Song power or fire power?
One Berlin Wall museum – I think there are at least two – seems to play David Bowie’s epic song ‘Heroes’ on a continuous loop at high...
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London District Office
May 10, 20222 min read
People, places and things
On location this week in deepest Shropshire close by the Welsh border and staying in a Victorian gothic conference centre complete with...
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London District Office
May 3, 20222 min read
The wrong screw
One of the four small rubber feet on the base of my work laptop is not the same size as the others. So as you might stuff a pile of...
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London District Office
Apr 26, 20222 min read
Mary Whitehouse re-visited
Committed to writing each week on a topic that relates to safeguarding, and how the Methodist Church in particular responds to the...
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London District Office
Apr 19, 20222 min read
No-one to turn to
Amidst the horrors of Ukraine, the fallout from Partygate and the Rwandan asylum seeker plan, another news story caught my eye. Sir...
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London District Office
Apr 12, 20222 min read
Hunting, shooting and parking trump elder abuse
Grouse shooting, fox hunting and parking get more public attention than the abuse of older people according to research published late...
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London District Office
Apr 5, 20222 min read
With all due respect…
There had to be a way of shoehorning Crystal Palace’s amazing 3-0 win over Arsenal on Monday evening into the blog this week. This may...
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London District Office
Mar 29, 20222 min read
Have I the right…?
In the course of a work conversation the other day, someone asked why a third person felt they had the right to do what they did. It’s a...
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London District Office
Mar 22, 20222 min read
Safeguarding Conference offers something for everyone
Over 60 people met two weeks ago for the first time in two years at the Methodist Safeguarding Conference at Eastwood Hall near...
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London District Office
Mar 15, 20223 min read
Taking stock to avoid a postcode lottery
Did you know that Colchester and Guildford are the most dangerous places in the UK for learner drivers? And that Peterborough and...
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