I was sorry I had to turn down an invitation from Trinity College Dublin’s eminent College Historical Society to speak on the motion that “This House Believes that the Modern Irish Women Have No Need for a Women’s Movement”.           Especially since it included dinner with the Fellows and Scholars, a wondrously glamorous prospect.          … Continue reading →

The former Archbishop of Canterbury – that is, the leader of Anglicans, world-wide – Lord Carey of Clifton, with six other senior Church of England bishops, has accused Gordon Brown’s government of “persecuting” Christians in Britain today.      The main case of contention centres on a “dedicated nurse”, Mrs Shirley Chaplin, who is taking her … Continue reading →