The Lestrygonians, Cyclopes and angry Poseidon are real and prowling once again through our world — a critical re-reading of Cavafy’s “Ithaca” on the twentieth anniversary of my ministry with the Cambridge Unitarians

The last three Cambridge ministers, l. to r. John McLachlan (1967-1976) Frank Walker (1976-2000) Andrew Brown (2000-) This Sunday, twenty years ago, I became the minister of the Cambridge Unitarian Ch

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A set of sepia photos taken in the Cambridge University Botanic Garden

A set of sepia photos taken in the Cambridge University Botanic Garden All taken with a Fuji X100F (using the sepia  setting) Just click on a photo to enlarge it  

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There is no going back, and no going outside of this event — we can only go forward into the new world that is always-already intra-actively emerging before us

The Cambridge Unitarian Church taken last Tuesday afternoon Back on Saturday 28th March, one week into the official lockdown but two weeks into our our own church’s closure, I wrote a piece for you ca

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The Left, the Party and the Class—An essay on the future of the Labour left by Paul Mason

Paul Mason (source) This new essay by Paul Mason seems to me to be an important, thoughtful, measured & practical set of suggestions to all of us on the left, whether in the Labour Party or not. Thank

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Sick of Surkov meddling in our politicians' brains . . . a disturbing thought following the publication of the "Russia Report"

I’ve been very concerned for a while now about the methods employed by Vladislav Surkov, one of Vladimir Putin’s senior advisors and how those methods are clearly being deployed here in the UK, either

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