by Jill Segger | Dec 24, 2023 | Commentary
“A HARD TIME we had of it”. The gripe which TS Eliot put into the mouths of Persian astronomers, travelling during the dead of winter to search for a newborn in a distant land, seems to sum up much of the modern Christmas experience in our culture. This hard time...
by Jill Segger | Nov 27, 2023 | Commentary
REMEMBRANCE-TIDE is over and now, the space for further reflection. A time to stand back from the division and anger engendered by the former Home Secretary and to consider what it may mean in these harrowing, divisive and contentious times to remember the dead of so...
by Jill Segger | Oct 30, 2023 | Commentary
MICAH the prophet: “Act justly, love mercy, walk humbly.” A focus for this time of renewed war and suffering. It may seem far too inward-looking in such terrible days to be dwelling on the challenge which the situation in Gaza poses to the pacifist/non-violent...
by Jill Segger | Aug 25, 2023 | Commentary
ULEZ. The oddly euphonious acronym has shown itself central to the combination of misrepresentation and fear which has come to characterise so much of current political discourse. That the air quality in our capital city is an ongoing cause for concern is well known....
by Jill Segger | Jun 25, 2023 | Commentary
YESTERDAY was Armed Forces Day. A difficult day for those of us committed to active non-violence, pacifism and objection to what is defined as ‘militarism’. I do not dissent from this last term, but I acknowledge its ambiguity. At present, this concept is part of my...
