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Sam McBratney
Sep 8, 20224 min read
A Prophet without Honour
The funeral of Mikhail Gorbachev at the weekend truly represented the end of an era in European history. As a teenager growing up in the...
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Jul 12, 20222 min read
The mighty have fallen
Whilst Boris creates mayhem in Westminster, the people of Sri Lanka are taking things into their own hands.
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May 15, 20216 min read
Nakba
I have been called out. I spent some time yesterday trying to compose an instagram post about the ongoing violence in Israel/Palestine...
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May 3, 20213 min read
Something to celebrate?
Today is a special birthday: the centenary of the birth of a new state - Northern Ireland. It was borne of political pragmatism and...
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Jan 20, 20215 min read
A House Divided?
‘A house divided against itself cannot stand.’ Despite the Biblical quote, this is actually a blogpost about the state of politics in...
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Jan 20, 20213 min read
Polarities
How did we get here? How is it that a nation defined by its sense of fairplay and reasonableness is now locked in the zero-sum game of...
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Jan 20, 20213 min read
Bear in mind
It’s easy to think that theology is something we do in our spare time, with a glass of wine in our hand perhaps. It has become something...
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Jan 20, 20213 min read
Stuck on Brexit
The public sphere is full of talk of Brexit - hard, soft, chaotic, in-name-only. Yet, among the clamour, the voices of the Churches are...
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Jan 20, 20213 min read
Safe. Legal. Accessible. Rare.
The Irish referendum to repeal the 8th amendment of the Constitution took place at the weekend. That is was won by such an overwhelming...
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Jan 20, 20213 min read
Good disagreement?
This is my first visit to the United States since Donald Trump was sworn in as President. In some ways, it still seems like a dream, so...
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Jan 20, 20213 min read
from Good Friday to Holy Saturday in 20 years
St Patrick may have been able to drive out the snakes from the island of Ireland, but reconciliation between the traditions on the...
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