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Grasped by ultimate concern

Posted on 30/05/2020 by stewculbard

It is nearly eight years since I wrote my first article for this blog. The piece was not so much an article as a short welcome to prospective readers of what was hoped to become something of substance. It was … Continue reading →

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A strange glimmer of hope

Posted on 17/08/2015 by stewculbard

(The first in a series of three articles focusing on aspects of contemporary religion) Recently, I was captivated by reading the comments of someone who had re-read George Eliot’s Middlemarch: “But in revisiting Middlemarch in middle age, the melancholy I … Continue reading →

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A question of Britain

Posted on 04/02/2013 by stewculbard

Who, what or where is “Britain”? In recent months and with some irritation,  I  have noticed the increasingly frequent use of the word “Britain”‘ in place of the name United Kingdom. I am not sure how long this matter has impinged … Continue reading →

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