Orlando, hate-stirring and compromise

by | Jun 13, 2016

Fifty people were killed in a shooting in a lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) nightclub in Orlando, Florida yesterday (12 June 2016). Fifty people were killed in a shooting in a lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) nightclub in Orlando, Florida...

Minefield: Watching enemies become human at the Royal Court

by | Jun 10, 2016

It’s rare for me to give a standing ovation in a theatre. But on Wednesday I readily rose from my seat in the Royal Court Theatre to applaud six ex-soldiers from two sides of the same war. It’s rare for me to give a standing ovation in a theatre. But on Wednesday I...

Christian realities in Syria after five years of war

by | Jun 10, 2016

The war in Syria has now raged for over five years. The war in Syria has now raged for over five years. The violence has affected Muslims, Christians and other minority communities not to mention the country’s neighbours and a sometimes apathetic wider global...

The Brexit referendum gloves are off

by | Jun 8, 2016

Recently, I listened to a radio interview with a man from Iran who had migrated to the UK some three decades ago. Recently, I listened to a radio interview with a man from Iran who had migrated to the UK some three decades ago. He suggested that the UK was now flooded...

Convalescence and a small transfiguration

by | Jun 6, 2016

Last weekend, strolling round a nature reserve, I saw something so beautiful it took my breath for a moment – a rabbit, nibbling on summer-lit grass with Last weekend, strolling round a nature reserve, I saw something so beautiful it took my breath for a moment – a...