Reading is what I do. So what are you looking for in the library sounds like my kind of book. If, like former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, you argue there is no such thing as society then this is not for you. Existential nihilism it is not. In Michiko Aoyam’s novel everything is connected and everyone has a purpose but they might just need that little nudge to find their destiny. The beating heart of the book is Sayuri Komachi. She is...

Blessings for obedience to God were promised to Israel thousands of years ago, before the time of Jesus. It is dangerous to take promises from the Old Testament and apply them to ourselves. Israel was very much God's chosen nation. We are not God's chosen nation. The church might be the people of God but even then, it is unlikely that all the promises made to Israel would equally apply to us. Before the time of Christ also means that they are...

Kosawa is a mythical village in Africa, a kind of utopia were people lived free and easy before oil was discovered. It brings immense wealth. None of it trickles down to the villagers Instead their rivers are polluted and they can no longer fish. Their land is similarly poisoned. Young children, in particular, die. But the villagers were told by the oil company representatives, Pexton, that everything was being done that could be done. Any...

This may be of interest particularly to those of us "Up North" Bradford 2025 Rhubarb Poetry Comp Closes July '25.

“It's hard to be true to the one that's really you” - Wayne/Jayne County

https://www.channel4.com/programmes/the-empty-man This is David Prior’s film. I was going to write a post about Celtic playing Aberdeen. Couldn’t be arsed. Or A Brief History of Seven Killings , but that would need too much thought. I know, thought isn’t rationed like sweeties, but I’m sure you know what I mean. The Empty Man seemed ideal because I knew it would be shite. And I wasn’t disappointed. I quite like horror which seems an oxymoron. I...

A game of Chinese whispers is played by sitting in a circle and each person speaking into the next person's ear. By the end of the game the simple phrase you began with has been distorted into something completely different. Is this how the Bible was written? Wasn't it passed down by word of mouth? There would have been an oral form of the story, especially at a time when the majority of people couldn't read, but there would have been a written...

https://www.channel4.com/programmes/the-night-of-the-12th https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Night_of_the_12th Grenoble Police Headquarters, retirement party. Each year the police open over 800 homicide investigations. Nearly 20% remain unsolved. Or as the lead detective suggests, a case that haunts them. This is one such case. Based on a true story. A case that burns. The paradox of men investigating the killing of women (matricide). St Jean de...

Nihal Arthanayake’s premise in Let’s Talk is we increasingly live in a polarised world (guilty as charged, anything and everything about the moron’s moron, Trump infuriates me) but we need to put aside our differences and reconcile ourselves to change. We need to talk. Technology drives change (discuss)? Nihal Arthanayake believes like many others, including Professor SherryTurkle, our smartphones make us dumber and lonelier (for example https...

INTRAPERSONAL EXPERIENCE YOU’VE ORCHESTRATED A NARROW POINT OF VIEW. IT’S PROJECTILES RICOCHET OFF THAT LIMITED ATTENTION SPAN. CALCULATED, MANIPULATIVE; EVEN THE SHADOWS WHISPER SUSPICION. NO SHAME IN PLAYING THE BLAME GAME. ONLY REINFORCING YOUR TINTED GLASS REALITY. EVIDENCE? DENIED. YOUR CONTRADICTIONS TO IT. DISMISSED. SINCE YOUR OPINION IS ALL THAT MATTER. IT'S ALMOST HERITABLE: IF NOT HILARIOUS, IT'S NOT. LIKE IT’S ETCHED IN YOUR DNA,...