THOUGHTS ON ANZAC DAY On 25 April we celebrated ANZAC Day, the annual commemoration of Australia’s and New Zealand’s participation in the Gallipoli campaign of the First World War. The campaign failed in its objectives and our troops withdrew having suffered terrible losses over several bitter months of struggle. There can’t be many countries whose patriotic … Continue reading 30 April – ANZAC DAY, CAPTAIN COOK
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To do it as for Thee
I once wrote an article claiming that the Incarnation of Christ had been the central and pivotal event in world history. A good friend, a professor of mathematics and certainly no fool, thought my view ‘curious’, but said that he would prefer to award the title to the Invention of the Wheel. He wasn’t joking and he … Continue reading To do it as for Thee
VALE FR PAUL STENHOUSE MSC
My dear friend Paul Stenhouse died yesterday (19 November) after a long illness which he had bravely held at bay for many years. He combined the sweetest nature imaginable with tremendous scholarship (he was a fluent arabist, among a great many other attainments) and deep wisdom. I came to know him first when I was … Continue reading VALE FR PAUL STENHOUSE MSC