John Lewis

Fourth Sunday of Advent: the searing loneliness of Christmas

December 20, 2015
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If you believe the festive ads, loneliness at Christmas seems to be a preserve of the elderly. John Lewis isolates an old man on the moon, and the German company Edeka sees an elderly father fake his own death…

The Church of England's investment in social media is a major embarrassment

December 7, 2015
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Quite often when I attend a variety of events and conferences, I’ll end up in conversation with total strangers from all sorts of backgrounds talking about this blog. It’s…

The National Secular Society's vacuous and arrogant stance against the Lord's Prayer

November 23, 2015
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For decades the Church of England has gained a not entirely undeserved reputation for being a bit wet behind the ears and having all of the subversiveness of a…

Osborne's Sunday trading proposals put markets above family and community

July 8, 2015
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Back in 2012 when it was announced that Sunday trading laws would be relaxed during the London Olympics, voices from the Church of England along with various others raised…