Reformation21

Had a terrible weekend. I was at home with mum and dad when my Welsh speaking niece arrived wearing, of all things, a Cymru rugby shirt. Virtual blasphemy in my father's house. Still, after the Italian triumph on Saturday, I managed to cope. I gather the Sons of Glyndwr are blaming the English...

I see the new film `300' is stirring up controversy as an `anti-Iranian piece of propaganda.'

The reputation that the Korean church has for Christian hospitality is well deserved. From the moment that I arrived in Seoul, I was generously cared for in every way: warm greetings, respectful bows, spacious accommodations, delicious food, engaging conversation, and -- best of all -- careful...

Rev. Dr. Herman Ridderbos, the influential NT scholar and biblical theologian, recently died. Details about both his life and his death have been difficult to locate, but here's the basic information about the work and influence of this faithful servant of the Lord: Herman Nicolaas Ridderbos was...

While I was at home with my parents last week, my niece (not the Welsh-speaking turncoat) stopped over for Saturday night. While she loves me as (she says) `my uncle from a Roald Dahl book, who’s never grown up and is naughtier than I am,’ I’m afraid certain aspects of my style leave her perplexed.

Just back from a few days in Chicago. Managed a quick tour of the "Cézanne to Picasso" exhibition at The Art Institute of Chicago . Took the "Admission Free on Tuesday" option, to mingle with the plebs! No point in paying to see "cubism" I thought! To be honest, loved the Monet and Renoir, but can'...

I can indeed confirm that it is the self-proclaimed Greatest Living Englishman's birthday on Sunday. But, having posed Del's questions to him earlier today re. rumours of Springsteen burning and Welsh learning, he quoted to me Ernst Renan's response when asked by a student if rumours were true that...

Many scholars assert, de rigeur , that Saint Patrick (Patricius or Padrig) was born in the still Welsh-speaking Northern Kingdom of Strathclyde of Romano-Brythonic stock around 385 AD at a place called Bannavem Taberniae (Banwen), but the best of them maintain this a "gloss". He was, according to...

Jeremy Smith's article in this issue (" Petrolium Pundits ") has provoked a stormy protest. See "We Get Letters" page.

It would be in poor taste to point out to Carl, especially on his birthday, that the headlines on the BBC news site this afternoon reads, "Resurgent Wales see off England" alluding to the Welsh Rugby Union victory (27-18). One reader (Toby Kurth) sent us a message asking, "Can we expect a post from...