Dear friends,I wish you a happy New Year. Or, as we might soon be saying, I wish you a high rating in your felicific calculus. For our level of happiness is, according to the government, something which the Office for National Statistics is soon to measure in its survey of households. Strictly
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Dear friends,Many of us at this time of year will have an Advent calendar. Its twenty-four windows mark the countdown to Christmas, and we’re supposed to open one window each day, to build a sense of expectation as Christmas Eve draws nearer. If you have young children or grandchildren, you might
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Dear friends,Many of us at this time of year will have an Advent calendar. Its twenty-four windows mark the countdown to Christmas, and we’re supposed to open one window each day, to build a sense of expectation as Christmas Eve draws nearer. If you have young children or grandchildren, you might
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Dear friends,You might remember the scene in ‘Monty Python’s Life of Brian’ where two Palestinian would-be revolutionaries are listing grievances about the occupying Romans. One says to the other ‘What have the Romans ever done for us?’ Silence follows, then slowly they begin to identify
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Dear friends,You might remember the scene in ‘Monty Python’s Life of Brian’ where two Palestinian would-be revolutionaries are listing grievances about the occupying Romans. One says to the other ‘What have the Romans ever done for us?’ Silence follows, then slowly they begin to identify
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Dear friends,
What was the last book you read? Chances are it would have been a novel (especially if you were looking for some holiday reading). Sales of modern fiction are booming – inspired in part by the recommendations of Richard and Judy and other book groups. One of the novels I enjoyed
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Dear friends,
What was the last book you read? Chances are it would have been a novel (especially if you were looking for some holiday reading). Sales of modern fiction are booming – inspired in part by the recommendations of Richard and Judy and other book groups. One of the novels I enjoyed
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