The return of the egos – the Apprentice is back!

Wednesday nights are now being cleared in my calendar (or at least the time to catch up on iplayer) with the new series of the Apprentice. It’s one of the few programmes I watch on TV. I love watching and analysing how people relate to and treat each other, how they work in teams. It [...]

Patrick must be turning in his grave

I had my first experience of St Patrick’s day in Dublin last week, and to be honest am not so sure if I really want to repeat it! It is impressive that off licences aren’t allowed to sell their wares until 3pm in an attempt to at least keep the parade sober. I was intrigued [...]

Integrated Education – time to take it seriously?

I remember reading Brian Mawhinney’s book and being fascinated and appalled by the vitriol that came his way for his part in bringing in integrated education.  I’ve long thought that part of our problem of a divided society begins with education. When children from differing religious backgrounds don’t get the opportunity to mix, no wonder [...]

A Just Life

JustLife is an initiative set up by a group of us  based around a Tearfund  event last Saturday called ‘Invest for Life’.  JustLife is a space dedicated to exploring the connections between faith, money, justice and lifestyle.
‘Invest for Life’ was about  money – the theology and practice of giving, budgeting, investing and using our money [...]

Jade Goody – are we taking celebrity culture too far?

For many of you the obvious answer is probably yes – our celebrity culture has gone far too far, and our obsession with celebrity and five minutes of fame has become destructive in how we so quickly write people off, and dispose of them once their celebrity usefulness is over.
Jade Goody’s very public struggle with [...]