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2015 Grateful 36: Mark Dawson

Who exactly is Mark Dawson? How come I didn’t know about him? I consider myself reasonably clued in with regard to who’s writing what in

2015 Grateful 37

In times when the Catholic Church in particular, and religious institutions in general, are receiving a bashing, it is nice to see that some churches

2015 Grateful 38

You look at me and what do you first notice? My size? My shape? The colour of my eyes? My glasses? My hair? My attitude?

2015 Grateful 39

We live in a divided world. Catholic, Protestant. Black, White. Conservative, Democrat. Jew, Muslim. National, Non-national. Native speaker, Non-native speaker. Roma, Non-Roma. Male, Female. Child,

2015 Grateful 40

Pope Francis swarmed by nuns – what a spectacle that must have been. And to think we were there when it was all going on

2015 Grateful 41

‘Ask the Pope to say a prayer for us.’ So went the Viber message I received earlier this evening from a Hungarian friend of mine

Bring on the flashmob

I want to be flashmobbed. I want to find myself in a railway station, or a bus depot, or an airport one day and have

2015 Grateful 42

So we didn’t win. We lost. To Wales. And if we had to lose to anyone, I am glad it was to them, even if

My heart is in my mouth

The minutes are ticking away. It’s getting closer to 3.30 (Budapest time). My nerves have been at me since I got up this morning. I’ve

2015 Grateful 43

What country am I? What food am I? What famous person am I most like? Who gives a flying funicular? As I look at these

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