I've never read the whole piece before, so I was delighted to discover Dorothy L Sayers' 1947 essay The Lost Tools of Learning online. The web address for the copy I found is http://www.gbt.org/text/sayers.html, but I'm sure it's in lots of other places as well.
Brilliant
The BBC reported on Friday about a sign outside a supermarket in Morriston, Swansea. The English sign read "No entry for heavy goods vehicles. Residential site only". They e-mailed their road sign to Swansea Council's translation department, so that they could also put up the Welsh equivalent. They received their reply, and duly put the sign up in both languages. Apparently "Nid wyf yn y swyddfa ar hyn o bryd. Anfonwch unrhyw waith iw gyfieithu" means "I am not in the office at the moment. Please send any work to be translated."
Those who were in my A-level maths class at school had the pleasure of being taught by a delightful teacher, who pretended not to didn't know what was on the syllabus. We were taught maths, and at some point he had a quick peak at the syllabus to check we were ready for the exams.
How heart-warming to read the BBC News headline: Too much maths 'taught to test'.
Just so we don’t miss this report, last summer’s floods were not caused by climate change.
Many will remember the furore when Prince Charles stated, many years back, that he wanted to be not “defender of the [implied, Christian] faith”, but simply “defender of faith”.
Some of the problems of that should be obvious.
Whilst doubtless local feelings are mixed (they always are), I think it’s exciting that Audley now has its own branch of Tesco. It’s not very big. But it’s there. Tesco Express Audley opened its doors at 8am this morning, and from now on will be open 7 days, 6am-11pm. Hurrah!
There are plenty of people out there who are Tesco Haters.
I always enjoy reading David Field’s posts on topics such as global warming and the environment.
The post he put up this morning, entitled A Collective Madness is particularly enjoyable. He is quoting two paragraphs from The Spectator, but I particularly enjoyed the phrase
“Environmentalism has become the new religion.”
Think Elijah and the prophets of Baal on Mount Carmel.
Think Isaiah 40-46.
Then read the story that appeared on the BBC News website today, entitled Hindu gods [sic.] get summons from court.
Fascinating post on Doug Wilson’s site, entitled “The Christian Future of Great Britain” about what needs to happen if / when Britain is to become a Christian country once again.
On Sunday, I used an illustration from Harry Potter in a sermon. Nobody challenged me over it afterwards. But they could have done because HP arouses strong feelings in some Christians.
The frequently asked question is: How bad is Harry Potter for us?
Recent comments