The Archbishop of Canterbury and the Archbishop of York have written a letter to the Prime Minister in which they back the rights of Catholic adoption agencies to be exempt from rules of the Equality Act which comes into force in April. The law makes it illegal to withhold services from people on the basis… Continue reading Something To Aim At
Pledge
This is well worth doing. “I will Arrange my MP to receive a copy of Richard Dawkins’ book “The God Delusion” but only if 645 other people (one per UK constituency) will do the same for other MPs.” Further details: The head of the UK Catholic Church has today (23 January 2007) has asked the… Continue reading Pledge
Local Battles
Oh look, a local battle to fight All Age Church is attempting to reach the Balham area for Christ and an essential part of our appeal is Christ Church Kids. Many of those we aim to reach won’t know that yet but our task is get them in and give them a taste so that… Continue reading Local Battles
Supersize Your RSS
This article in Wired points out that the consumer release of Windows Vista will almost certainly see the use of RSS reach a tipping point. Save the date: RSS will go mainstream on Jan. 30, 2007. That’s the day Microsoft’s Windows Vista operating system hits retail shelves. Internet Explorer 7, the first version of Microsoft’s… Continue reading Supersize Your RSS
Telegraph Web Site
The Telegraph web site was relaunched recently and they are promoting this with an advertising campaign. I’ve seen many adverts on the escalators in tube stations. But these adverts have some very strange wording on them. They claim that the Telegraph site is “the UK’s most visited quality newspaper web site”. And there’s a logo… Continue reading Telegraph Web Site
Big Brother Racism
I haven’t been watching Celebrity Big Brother so all the information that I have on the current racism row has come from a number of media outlets (and via BlogLines). I have come to a few conclusions though. I don’t understand why people are surprised by this. Do people really think that people in the… Continue reading Big Brother Racism
Harriet Harman Blogging
Harriet Harman has started a blog. Of course, she’s also standing for election as deputy leader of the Labour party – so the timing is all very suspicious. I wonder how much she’ll be writing once the election is over. But, anyway, I’ve added her to Planet Westminster. Interestingly, Harman’s web site is also available… Continue reading Harriet Harman Blogging
Comments
Right. I think I’ve got all the commenty stuff working again. You’ll still have to be registered with Typekey in order to comment, but hopefully you’re all used to that now. Sorry for the inconvenience over the last few weeks. I’m sure you’ve all got loads of really interesting comments stored up. And a big… Continue reading Comments
More Photo Sets
Slowly getting the holiday photos organised. Here are two more sets for your amusement – photos from Cahal Pech in Belize and La Paz Waterfall Gardens in Costa Rica.
Five Things
I’ve been tagged by Piers, so here are five things you might not know about me. When I was very young I was a member of my local Boys’ Brigade. As well as weekly BB meetings, this entailed going to church (and Sunday school) every week. I have no idea why I did this as,… Continue reading Five Things