PILGRIM’S PROGRESS OR SPORTMAN’S SUCCESS

PILGRIM’S PROGRESS OR SPORTMAN’S SUCCESS

Almost four hundred years ago, while he was confined to prison for twelve years, John Bunyan wrote what some believe was the first book written in English, namely The Pilgrim’s Progress (with the added ‘From this world to that which is to come’). It has been...
A SACK RACE OR SACRIFICE

A SACK RACE OR SACRIFICE

Have we ever wondered why junior schools have a sack race at their Sports Days? It is not exactly the most attractive of sights, seeing people lurch, hop, bounce, fall, tumble down the track; indeed, it is similar to watching a beginner do the butterfly stroke in...
IT IS ALL RATHER FISHY

IT IS ALL RATHER FISHY

Finding Nemo was a hugely popular and successful film, winning an Oscar for the Best Animated Feature in 2003, as it followed the story of “an overprotective clownfish who searches for his missing son Nemo, on the way learning to take risks and come to terms...
UNFINISHED

UNFINISHED

We do not need to drive far around town nowadays to witness a scourge on the landscape – in other words, numerous unfinished houses. Huge, clumsy, ramshackle piles of bricks lie on the side of the road, with piles of half-used, crusted sand alongside, while inside the...
WHO WILL LET THE DOGS OUT?

WHO WILL LET THE DOGS OUT?

Dogs do some amazing things! At different times and in different places we have seen dogs patiently, gently, graciously, quietly, faithfully, compellingly serve their human owners in extraordinary ways, from being their eyes or their ears; we have come across dogs...