By Peter Ould, on March 21st, 2012% What’s the longest you can survive without your heart beating by itself?
As more and more facts emerge from Saturday evening’s events, the only word that can be used to accurately describe Francis Muamba’s treatment and recovery is miraculous. Muamba was in ventricular fibrillation for almost 80 minutes, a condition of arrhythmia which normally descends . . . → Read More: Dead for 78 Minutes
By Peter Ould, on September 5th, 2010% For those who didn’t catch it yesterday on ITV (in the UK), here’s the closing audition on this week’s The X-Factor. Text book stuff, trust me.
Now, there’s plenty of ground to be made on commenting on whether the voyeurism of this kind of TV is healthy. I have to admit that I love . . . → Read More: How Not To Audition
By Peter Ould, on December 22nd, 2009% Dear me. Father Tim has got himself into a bit of a pickle hasn’t he?
A priest from North Yorkshire has advised his congregation to shoplift if they find themselves in hard times.
Father Tim Jones, the parish priest of St Lawrence and St Hilda in York, said people should steal from big chains rather . . . → Read More: Thou Shalt Steal After All
By Peter Ould, on October 16th, 2009% Following on from the power of Twitter in the Trafigura case earlier this week, it now appears that Web 2.0 is going to bring down one of the Daily Mail’s leading commentators.
In a controversial article Jan Moir uses the death of Stephen Gately to imply that there is something intrinsically dangerous per se in . . . → Read More: Casting Aspersions
By Peter Ould, on September 8th, 2009% Hat-tip to David Keen who has pointed out to us all the new Alpha promo.
Nick Baines thinks it’s a bit silly and confusing (and he might have a point), but let’s stop and ask ourselves what advertising is all about. Is it just telling people the details about the product? For example, what . . . → Read More: Alpha and the Bear
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Two Final Things Aber mit der Heimat
geht man immer herum,
durch die Welt,
dort und dort
Peter Handke
No one could describe
the Word of the Father;
but when He took flesh from you, O Theotokos,
He consented to be described, and restored the fallen image to its former beauty.
We confess and proclaim our salvation in word and image.
Kontakion of the Triumph of Orthodoxy
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Anglican Cycle 
4th Week after Trinity
Almighty God,
you have broken the tyranny of sin
and have sent the Spirit of your Son into our hearts
whereby we call you Father:
give us grace to dedicate our freedom to your service,
that we and all creation may be brought
to the glorious liberty of the children of God;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever. God’s Word "There is none holy like the LORD; there is none besides you; there is no rock like our God." (1 Samuel 2:2, ESV) |
Casting Aspersions
Following on from the power of Twitter in the Trafigura case earlier this week, it now appears that Web 2.0 is going to bring down one of the Daily Mail’s leading commentators.
In a controversial article Jan Moir uses the death of Stephen Gately to imply that there is something intrinsically dangerous per se in . . . → Read More: Casting Aspersions