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Geoffrey Chaucer’s 14th century poem Parlement of Foules contains what is probably the first written reference to the idea that St. Valentine’s Day is a special day for lovers.

The pandemic, undiscriminating in its cruelty, has claimed the life of Captain Sir Tom Moore, aged 100.

I’m generally an optimistic person.

I wonder if you saw Rocks this autumn?

2020 will be a year that we will never forget and 2021 is starting in the same mould, although let’s pray that we remember it as the year that the pandemic is brought under control.

On New Year’s Eve I stood on my 15th floor balcony and watched the fireworks.

Sam has helpfully been encouraging us in his recent prayers to note synergies between the waiting which Advent entails and our current experiences in the pandemic.

So this is Christmas. And, asked John and Yoko, what have you done?

When I moved to America in 2005, I was familiar with the phrase ‘culture wars,’ but I was yet to experience it first-hand.