Christingle,  which I mentioned in my last post, is a comparatively recent addition to the Anglican calendar, having made its first appearance in 1968 to raise money for the Children’s Society.  Its origins, however, go back to the C18 when John de Watteville, a Moravian minister (in Moravia, although the church has since become worldwide), […]

Last week the vicar and I were in Cheltenham where he was giving a talk about his time there as director of Cheltenham Art Gallery and Museum. With a bit of a gap before the talk, we dropped into a nearby Lakeland shop and picked up a few useful bits of cooking equipment. (For non […]