The old saying, “There are lies, damned lies and statistics” was attributed by Mark Twain to Benjamin Disraeli, the 1sts Earl of Beaconsfield, who twice served as Prime Minister. The saying has other possible sources too, such as this: "A well-known lawyer, now a judge, once grouped witnesses into three classes: simple liars, damned liars,...
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While the box office takings for the film ‘Barbie’ were huge, it wasn’t the only summer film to grab the public’s attention. The film ‘Oppenheimer’ (July 2023) retells the story of the atom bomb being developed and used. Robert Oppenheimer, often credited as the "father of the atomic bomb", was a theoretical physicist and the...
In many denominations the Church’s Year is divided into two halves. The first half from Advent to Pentecost takes us step by step through the life, death and Resurrection of Jesus culminating in His Ascension and the outpouring of The Holy Spirit at Pentecost. The second half, starting on Trinity Sunday, is a wider approach...