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The Flying Cassowary - a blog


A New Year
Some personal reflections on change and innovation as a new year begins.
Jan 75 min read
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Assisted dying?
Some personal reflections on the Assisted Dying Bill.
Dec 1, 20243 min read
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Gaza
Some personal recommendations for podcasts about the Middle East.
Nov 6, 20232 min read
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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...
Sep 8, 20224 min read
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Greenbelt '22
Reflections on Greenbelt 2022
Aug 31, 20224 min read
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The mighty have fallen
Whilst Boris creates mayhem in Westminster, the people of Sri Lanka are taking things into their own hands.
Jul 12, 20222 min read
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Nakba
I have been called out. I spent some time yesterday trying to compose an instagram post about the ongoing violence in Israel/Palestine...
May 15, 20216 min read
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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...
May 3, 20213 min read
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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...
Jan 20, 20215 min read
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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...
Jan 20, 20213 min read
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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...
Jan 20, 20213 min read
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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...
Jan 20, 20213 min read
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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...
Jan 20, 20213 min read
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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...
Jan 20, 20213 min read
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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...
Jan 20, 20213 min read
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