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Blessed are the Poor (in Spirit)

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“Blessed are you poor” said Jesus.  “God’s kingdom belongs to you.  But woe to you who are rich, you have had your consolation” (Luke 6, verses 20 and 24).  That was the Gospel reading for one Sunday in February (13th).  It’s clear enough what he meant in the context of his own day.  According to…

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Brexit Debate

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Wednesday 21st October: Notes on “The Future of Brexit Britain” With Jonathan Chaplain and Andrew Bradstock, the joint editors. The initiative for the book was the strange silence from the Church of England about the Brexit Referendum- any personal statements made (eg from Bishops) were for Remain, but it was clear that many Anglicans were…

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21st Century Endless War

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Wilf Wilde at Wymington, January 18th, 2020 YEMEN, ARABIA AND THE MIDDLE EAST: A POST CHRISTMAS REFLECTION ON EMPIRE AND OIL YEMEN’S SAUDI PROPAGANDA STORY I have been working on Oil, Empire and the Middle East for the last decade, especially since the so called Arab Spring of 2011. I have wanted to talk on…

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Primo Levi Centenary (part two)

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Extracts from some of Levi’s other books: “The Periodic Table”, “If not now, when?” and “The Drowned and the Saved”. THE PERIODIC TABLE In this book Primo Levi takes some of the chemical elements as illustrations of people or situations he has known and experienced. The following are is a small selection of those portraits….

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Primo Levi Centenary

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July 31st was the centenary of the birth of Primo Levi in 1919. We read and discussed extracts from some of his writings- here from “If this is a Man”, his description of life in Auschwitz, and “The Truce” his liberation and journey home. IF THIS IS A MAN In 1943 Primo Levi joined an…

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