A Pinch of Salt

Life in a Dictatorship On a visit to the World Social Forum in Mumbai I sat, on the plane, next to a man from Syria. I can't remember al...

I visited an interesting bloke last week. An Anglican Priest, nearly 90, living in a middle-sized English village. So far so good. Of course...

Sunday 25th September Moved to action Exodus 17:1-7; Psalm 78:1-4, 12-16; Philippians 2:1-13; Matthew 21:23-32 We know we are supposed to...

Sunday 18th September God's Commonwealth: each according to need Matthew 20:1-16  No doubt the householder was a wealthy landowner...

I was pointed towards this example by Simon Cross , author of 'Totally Devoted' a book about New Monasticism in Britain. Windsor ...

Digger's Agape a model of worship developing in Gloucestershire

Reading this article reminded me that the Marxist understanding of cost and value needs to be developed in away that Marx just wasn't a...

The UK Government is considering declaring the Chagos Archipelago the World’s largest Marine Protected Area, in order to conserve its glo...

The Climate Camp in London is at the site of the sermon of John Ball. An anarchic priest from way back (14th Century). He arrived at Blackh...

There is a brilliant short piece in the Guardian today where George Monbiot, scourge of left and right, argues that direct action trains med...

The Government is following in Germany's footsteps by offering UK subjects the chance to trade in their old car - must be at least 10 ye...

Friendship, ties, tributes, deep respect. These are the things that bring Turkey and the USA to fight their common enemies. This is how stat...

Alright, I have much better things to do today. Writing about the late dean of Dutch Christian anarchism for example, the hydrographer Felix...

Plane stupid show what can be done with just a few committed people that can be done far better than with a mass of protestors. Or as The Cu...

As far as so-called poor countries ("Third World Countries") are concerned, there is no sudden crisis. There has been Reform or St...

...you'll have to make do with these punks. Hat tip: Faith in Society . Make your own slogan here and let your bus ride. Being an arden...

In removing the mace from it's stand at the end of a House of Commons debate today, John McDonnel drew attention to an interesting bit ...

George Monbiot sums up effectively against the very unholy coalition that is selling Heathrow's third runway to the public. The selling...

Well done to the Lib' Dem's for forcing the issue when the home office claimed that heavy-handed police presence at the climate camp...

From the Independet "The threat of global warming is so great that campaigners were justified in causing more than £35,000 worth of dam...