by admin | Oct 8, 2015 | P.S.
Stuart Horner is a lifer serving a minimum sentence of 27 years for murdering his uncle. He recently spent about 60 hours protesting on the roof of HM Prison, Manchester, in a T-shirt bearing the message: “It’s not 1990, tell the government we’ve all had enough, sort...
by admin | Sep 20, 2015 | P.S.
(This open letter first appeared in Steve Stockman’s blog and is reproduced by permission) Dear Political Leaders As you go into intensive talks this week to save the political institutions and our unraveling peace process I want to assure you of my prayers. I...
by admin | Sep 8, 2015 | P.S.
At a recent talk on the 1916 Easter Rising by Philip Orr in one of Contemporary Christianity’s ‘In conversation with…’ series I learned much about its historical context. We had a sweep over the previous three centuries or so and the century since! What tends to be...
by admin | Aug 12, 2015 | P.S.
The phrase ‘talks about talks’ has come to encapsulate our frustration at the inability of politicians to actually address and deal with real issues. Yet, sometimes it is right to spend time agreeing how a conversation is going to be held, before actually having the...
by admin | Jul 11, 2015 | P.S.
It’s summer so it must be the season of parades, bands, counter demonstrations, and rubbish left in the streets afterwards. Politicians, community workers and Orangemen continue the age-old but ever-new battle that has become an expression of our co-dependency and is...
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