Observation, General

From April to August this year I was lucky enough to have been part of the London 2012Olympic Games. I was employed at the Excel Arena in London’s Docklands, which wasthe venue for no less than seven Olympic events – Boxing, Fencing, Weightlifting,Wrestling, Judo, Taekwondo and Table Tennis. The Excel was one of four Fleet …

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I was recently asked to explain to some students in Indonesia about the British Constitution. Q. You are English but you are also British? A. I come from England but am also British If you come from Wales you are Welsh but also British If you come from Scotland you are Scottish but also British …

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My discussion with Indonesian students got me thinking about British National Identity. I have done some research which is interesting, and I now realise the following: The whole issue revolves around definitions of a “ Country”, “ Nation”, “State” ,”Citizenship”, “Nation States”, “Dependant” or “Independent” Countries. What is an Independent Country, Nation,or State? What National …

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When it comes to a man’s shave, there are a lot of choices – including whether to shave at all, and depending on a man’s age. For an adolescent youth, there’s not a lot of facial hair growth, and shaving is not necessary every day – indeed, it is a time of experimentation, and the …

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I was browsing the internet on my smartphone a few days ago, when I came across something extraordinary and profoundly disturbing. There is so much that is fake and false and contrived on the internet nowadays that is hard to know what is really true, and some of the apps like Google Maps actually encourage …

PROFOUND IMPLICATIONS. Read More »

May is the peak time for climbers to make the attempt on Mount Everest. This year (2018) 29 teams are aiming to achieve the ascent. Under rules established by the Nepal Government in 2014, each team member has to bring back at least 8 kg of rubbish that he or she has generated, to prevent …

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The Holy Land is a place of stone‘Terra Sancta’‘Terra Petra’Peter was Jesus’s Rock, the Rock on which He built His Church white stone, gleaming in the sun limestone, quartzite, smooth marble stone that our Lord Stepped on, Walked on, Stood on, Suffered on, Broke bread on, Blessed and Touched, Spoke about in sermons and Parables, …

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