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Church leaders, academics, poets and musicians get ready to celebrate the 100th birthday of Zimbabwe’s “leper saint”
The late John Bradburne – Roman Catholic missionary, lover of the poor and dis-advantaged, eco-warrior and now a world – acclaimed poet by Trevor Grundy June 14, 2021 marks… Read more >
Cathedral survived the war(only just) but could now face closure because of Covid pandemic
The Cathedral’s income fell by 90 percent last year. It spends £8 million a year in running costs (Picture: Trevor Grundy) by Trevor Grundy St Paul’s Cathedral is one… Read more >
Plan to file secret racism reports at Cambridge University in 2021 reminds Jewish academic of the 15th century Inquisition in Spain
Francisco Goya (1745-1828) Procession of flagellants(detail) by Trevor Grundy A scheme by Cambridge University to name and shame anyone who students believe are behaving in a racist way… Read more >
Isolated Boris Johnson infuriates the public by saying millions of people have lived beyond normal life expectancy
New revelations by Johnson’s erstwhile spin-doctor- in-chief,, Dominic Cummings. The front- page of the Daily Mirror (July 20,2021) the morning after ‘Freedom’ Day. by Trevor Grundy Boris Johnson faces… Read more >
A timely and courageous insight into an African despot who won the hearts and wallets of the global elite
‘DO NOT DISTURB -The story of a political murder and an African Regime gone bad’ by Michela Wrong (Fourth Estate, London 2021 pp. 488) Review by Trevor Grundy… Read more >
Bye, bye American Guy . . . but the economic and social chaos that brought Donald Trump to power four years ago is as strong as ever
By Trevor Grundy As Joe Biden gets ready to be inaugurated as America’s 46th president, leading political and social commentators in Britain and America say that the… Read more >
Anglican and Roman Catholic archbishops are not what the Christian faithful deserve, says outspoken religious affairs correspondent
Canterbury Cathedral, the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican Communion (Picture: Trevor Grundy) by Trevor Grundy It’s the 850th anniversary of the murder in Canterbury Cathedral of Thomas Becket… Read more >
Christmas in Britain 2020: Hungry children walk in the footsteps of Charles Dickens and Oliver Twist
Scrooge ( disguised as the multi-millionaire Jacob Rees-Mogg) gives Tiny Tim and his crutches made by Unicef a good kicking in Charles Dicken’s A Christmas Carol. (Cartoon in The Times… Read more >
John Lennon (1940-1980) – A world without countries and no religion, too
A wall painting of John Lennon in Prague where the British musician is idolised by the old and young – Picture: Trevor Grundy by Trevor Grundy For many… Read more >
Boris Johnson’s ‘loose language’ is putting millions of Scots on the road towards Independence
Prime Minister of an Independent Scotland in-waiting? – A cartoon of the Scottish National Party’s increasingly popular leader, Nicola Sturgeon By Trevor Grundy Boris Johnson has been told by… Read more >