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Congratulations to Kevan Goddard who celebrated his 60th birthday on February 18th. We hope he had a good day despite the pandemic restrictions. 

An American friend of mine loves Death in Paradise, the BBC TV series! Even though he has moved back to the States he eagerly awaits the new season. If you’ve not watched it before, it is a detective led series based in the Caribbean and always begins with a murder (whodunnit) and various twists as it answers the question how-dunnit! T […]

Part of a sermon for Lent by my good friend and colleague, Michael Hopkins, Clerk to General Assembly.

I think this is the point where I am supposed to talk about Lent being a penitential time, and time for giving things up, but that seems patent nonsense in 2021. In the last eleven months we have given up more than we ever wished for […]

About ten years ago I discovered I had a Jewish heritage. Armed with that knowledge I had lunch with a Rabbi of my acquaintance who suggested I ‘look at’ several synagogues to get a better understanding of what they were about. As it happened I didn’t get further than my first – West London Reformed Synagogue at Marble Arch. The […]

This is a most remarkable puzzle. It was found by a gentleman in an airplane seat pocket on a flight from Los Angeles to Honolulu, keeping him occupied for hours. He enjoyed it so much, he passed it on to some friends…One friend from Illinois worked on this while fishing from his john boat. Another friend studied it while playing his b […]