Looking at the tables for the T20 World Cup, I am hoping England lose to Pakistan and then beat New Zealand. Meanwhile I will be cheering on the Windies and Zimbabwe in their next matches. Because af… (View Post)

One of my lecturers, the great Peter Lambert, refused to drink in the pub that had opened in the old St Paul's Methodist Chapel in Aberystwyth. As an atheist, he was deeply uncomfortable with th… (View Post)

One reason why Andy John had limited support in the Diocese of Bangor after the row over Bangor Cathedral erupted was that he had been working assiduously to close churches in the diocese. This was p… (View Post)

Closed churches can be sold to other Christian groups but not to groups from other religions. He may be referring to chapels. (View Post)

The idea of miasma springs to mind. It wasn't unscientific, but it was based on incomplete knowledge so it wasn't correct. It was however displaced by the revelation it wasn't the smel… (View Post)