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  • A Stitch In Time

    Published 09/09/26

    The Bayeux Tapestry is currently on display at the British Museum, on loan from France, and last week the King and Queen visited it there with the French President, Emmanuel Macron, and his wife Brigitte. It is an extraordinary loan, because this is the first time the Tapestry has been brought back to this country since it was made nearly a thousand years ago. Indeed, although we naturally associate it with Bayeux and with France, there is good reason to think that it was actually made in England, probably by English embroiderers, not very long after the events it describes. 

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  • The Serious Business Of Being Playful

    Published 10/06/26

    I’m sure that we all have our favourite High Performance Learning characteristic. Mine is one that sounds as if it shouldn’t be allowed in school, but absolutely should be: intellectual playfulness.

    Not messing about. Not wasting time. But the kind of playfulness that takes an idea, turns it round, changes its form, and helps us understand it better.

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  • I SWEAR

    Published 20/05/26

    I want you to think for a moment about a time when you were misunderstood.

    Perhaps you said something as a joke, and it came across as rude. Perhaps you tried to explain yourself, but somehow made it worse. Perhaps someone judged you not on what you meant, but on what they thought they had heard.

    It’s horrible, isn’t it — to be heard, but not understood?

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  • My Friend Indeed

    Published 17/04/26

    Friendship is one of the best things in life. Our friends can make bad days manageable and good days better. They can cheer us up, steady us, make us laugh, and remind us who we are when life feels uncertain.

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  • Playing the Game

    Published 17/04/26

    Picture this.

    It’s a cup final. The clock is almost done and you’re about to go into extra time. Then the referee gives a penalty against you — and you think it’s completely wrong.

    What do you do next?

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  • Flattening the Laws

    Published 17/04/26

    Let me start with a thought that sounds simple, but is hard to live out:

    Truth isn’t only something you know. It’s something you do.
    Truth, lived properly, is integrity — being the same person in private as in public; doing the right thing even when it would be easier, or more profitable, not to.

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  • Christmas Special

    Published 10/12/25

    What will you be doing on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and Boxing Day, after you’ve opened your presents, eaten your Christmas dinner, maybe taken the dog for a walk?

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  • Sermons in Stones

    Published 21/05/25

    Have you ever stopped to really listen to the quiet whispers of nature? Nature is filled with wisdom and lessons for those who are willing to look closely.

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  • Image of Crucifix

    Afraid of the Cross

    Published 04/04/25

    What frightens you?  
    When I was a child, I was frightened of the Cross.      

    The crucifix - that is, the image of the cross with the crucified Jesus - in the church I attended as a child, was a very powerful piece of art. I wish I could show you a picture of it. Made of bronze, it shows Our Lord with his head bowed in death. One other detail I can remember is that His right foot is bent round, so that the nail can pierce both His feet.* 

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