Amid all the atheist bus hokum of recent months, I passed a London bus this morning which carried the ad “The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.” (Psalms 14:1 (KJV)) The ad reminded of something a Northern Irish cleric said to me during The Troubles – “We’re a very religious people.…

A while ago an individual left a racist comment in response to a post on the far right British National Party. It didn’t get through moderation. Today that individual emailed me again, from rhoryfraser@hotmail.com. Let’s take a look at the comment trail left by that email account.

It being the night before Christmas and the season for ghost stories, I thought I would pass on probably the shortest ghost story I know (and I’ve cut it short). It is from the pen of the (head)masterly M.R. James. A classic tale, it even merits its own scholarly article – “The Rules of Folklore”…