I see he’s 3 years older than me, so probably not. My most distinguished contemporary was Rowan Williams. Sadly our paths never crossed.

Took me four goes.

I was a teacher. Our anti-bullying policy made clear that neither “it was only banter” nor “I meant no harm” were acceptable defences.

Reminds me of the partitioning of Poland in the 18th century.

Wishing there was a pavement lobby as powerful as the cycle lobby. Edinburgh’s neglected pavements are a nightmare for wheelchair users.

I beat you to that one by six decades thanks to a brilliant teacher of English, John Holt, who read the first chapter out loud to us. You might also enjoy the updated version by @valmcdermid.bsky.social with Edinburgh at Festival time standing in for Bath.

As an esteemed senior clergy colleague said to me only this morning: The Gospel IS about politics.

Thanks for this valuable corrective, Adam. Were I still teaching a depth study on the Third Reich, these genetic findings would merit mention but upbringing, esp. an abusive father, & environment, notable the rampant antisemitism in fin de siècle Vienna explain a lot.

I had everything but the first letter by line 3, after which it was guesswork.

An excellent interview which prompted me to wonder why Britain does not have politicians of this calibre.

Just for a moment there I wondered whether the Second Coming had passed me by.

Yes please.

St Paul leaves no room for doubt on this.