Do you remember where you were when you heard that Robbie Williams had left Take That?   No, me neither. I was quite busy with a new job in ...

1st Yokel: That Thomas Hardy's dead, then. 2nd Yokel: Aye, as we all shall be. 1Y: Ninety-eight years now. 2Y: I thought he'd been q...

Who? You ask. A man who did more damage to the beauty of this country's churches than anyone before the pew-removers of the 1980s, that...

The Internet is full of Native American, Chinese, or whoever full moon names. Who doesn't love a traditional set of moon names? Wolf moo...

Archdruid: It's the end of the world as we know. All: Would be if we'd watched MTV since 2020. Archdruid: You don't know what yo...

Bhoomi Chauhan was due to fly home from India on an Air India plane to Gatwick in June. She was stuck in traffic and arrived after boarding ...

  “O Little Town of Bethlehem” has a wonderful line. “The hopes and fears of all the years are met in thee tonight”. This is a time when peo...

Theologians and archæologists alike have been stunned by a discovery which has turned the world of Biblical criticism upside down. And then ...

 Archdruid: Peace be with you All:  And also with you. Archdruid: Behold the new sun arises! All:  We can't see anything. Archdruid: Bet...

Keith: Woe is me. For the office printer has gone on a go-slow at just the wrong time. All: Have you printed out the Solemn Ritual for the W...

Went to London yesterday, as it was the Eve of St Kirsty. Went to Kirsty MacColl's bench in Soho Square. Been re-oiled since our last pi...