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    Surviving Christmas

    By Matthew Hosier
    I’m not sure why, but getting to the second half of October seems to have started everyone off talking about Christmas. One of my children has written how many days remain until Christmas on our kitchen notice board. On Friday evening I walked up to the pub to see some un-churched friends of... Read more
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    Name Me This

    By Matthew Hosier
    I went for a haircut this morning. A young guy cut it, which is noteworthy in itself – before he turned up I don’t think I’d had a man cut my hair in a dozen or more years, barber shops now being almost exclusively the preserve of female staff. (I’m sure there is a blog post in that... Read more
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    What the Judge Really Said

    By Matthew Hosier
    The news that a man from Ohio is very much alive but legally dead is amusing as well as (in the words of the judge) a “strange, strange situation.” As a Brit there is an obvious temptation to shake the head and mutter, ‘Those crazy Americans’, but cousin-baiting aside, this case does... Read more