I, along with millions more muggles, absolutely adore the Harry Potter books, but turning Harry and his wizarding world into a new religion? That’s taking adoration rather too far, don’t you...
//For someone to become a saint usually a miracle needs to have been declared but that can be waived if there is evidence that the individual is a martyr.//...
For fellow religious historians …. and anyone else who may be interested. //toilet placed in temple was “the ultimate desecration” to end the cult who worshipped Ba’al. The second book of...
.... and no need to wait for Brexit.
And there's more good news. Read on.
http://news.sky.com/story/eu-criminals-facing-deportation-and-uk-ban-for-up-to-10-years-10605190...
//The PM tells Sky News troops should know "the Government is on their side" as she moves to protect them from "vexatious claims"....."Our troops go out and put their lives on the line in order to...
I thought I’d heard most things but this is a new one on me. A friend, an Italian Roman Catholic, tells me that when Jesus was a child playing with his little friends, he slid down a rainbow – and...
//Police have widened the search for a missing RAF serviceman amid fears he may have been kidnapped. …Corrie McKeague - based at RAF Honington - was last seen in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, over a...
http://news.sky.com/story/ex-un-boss-kofi-annan-proxy-wars-in-fight-until-last-syrian-life-10598864 Without Russia’s involvement in Syria how do you think the war would have progressed? Would the...
More musings. We've done people we'd like to have dinner with - how about those we wouldn't want to spend an evening with? For me, Janet Street Porter and Brian Blessed. Earplugs would be essential!...
//It is becoming “essential” to grasp the logic of people driven by an obsessive belief that the end of the world is nigh// They're not. //It’s very difficult to understand the things that impel...
Something Mikey said about the 2005 General Election prompted to me look to see what people were saying about it then, but I could only access posts in 'News' back to December 2013. I thought all...
….who would you choose and why? For me, at the moment, Michael Portillo (I’ve been watching his continental rail journeys and he strikes me as a man of culture), or the BBC’s security...
I recorded this and watched the first episode last night. If you're bored with what's on offer on television (as I am) this is very promising.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Night_Of...
//Ms Abbott, as well as dismissing millions of voters as racist, was criticised for ignoring the British public’s legitimate concerns about migration both before and after this summer’s EU...
All for one …. and one for ….himself.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3806872/Former-NUM-leader-Arthur-Scargill-investigated-purchasing-2million-property-half-value.html...