Yesterday afternoon, I came across a little book which, to be honest, I had forgotten I owned: The Justification of God by P T Forsyth, a series of lectures on the theodicy delivered in 1916 at the height of the First World War. It is vintage PTF, packed full of insight and quotable passages. Here...

David Robertson, of the Free Church of Scotland, brought this article to my attention this morning. Very much of the Roger Scruton `comfort from a false belief is not necessarily false comfort' variety, but still a fascinating read: here

...but hold the medicine. After yesterday's post, I received the following comment from my former secretary, proof positive that working for the Commissariat of Academic Affairs spoils even the best kids' movies (though I refuse to believe that any movie with the dance sequence `Knees Together,...

On the issue of fascism/socialism as rasied by Rick, I wish that people would not bandy such terms around. As the recipient of both this year as terms of abuse (now does that mean I'm really a middle of the road guy??), I think some variation of Godwin's Law should be applied. At least, I have...