Tag Archives: England

A Monty Python Sketch?

Posted on Monday, 8 May, 2023 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Today, I watched an interview with John Cleese who is most known for his role in the Monty Python shows and as Q in the later James Bond films. ‘I couldn’t stop laughing… All these people in these silly costumes, … Continue reading →

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Defender of the Faith

Posted on Friday, 5 May, 2023 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I’m sorry to have been away from the blog for so long, but my thoughts keep turning. I need to do an update on my house which is radically transformed since when my electrician started work and I was putting … Continue reading →

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My Country

Posted on Sunday, 20 December, 2020 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

All I seem to have left of my country is to listen to Vaughan Williams and this lovely movement from his Bucolic Suite: The reality is somewhat different, and it brings tears to my eyes as I make the best … Continue reading →

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J’accuse

Posted on Wednesday, 25 September, 2019 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

“J’Accuse…!” was an open letter published on 13th January 1898 in the newspaper L’Aurore by the writer Émile Zola. His issue was what came to be known in France as L’Affaire Dreyfus. Dreyfus was a Jewish artillery captain in the … Continue reading →

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The Moral High Road

Posted on Thursday, 28 February, 2019 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

A few days ago, I watched Nuremberg (2000) on YouTube. The whole film is available for you to watch online or download. From 1 hour 32 minutes to 1 hour 50 minutes, there is a dramatic cross examination of Hermann … Continue reading →

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Humanist Europe

Posted on Saturday, 2 February, 2019 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I have tried several times on this blog to express political views, and – as would be expected – they were not always well received. I came from a Tory-voting family, but one with moderate and tolerant views. You don’t … Continue reading →

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I fell asleep and had a dream….

Posted on Wednesday, 28 November, 2018 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Actually I read this Independent article – Voting down the Brexit deal could lead to the Queen forming a new government of Remainers – here’s how The idea is that if Mrs May’s deal gets voted down in Parliament, the … Continue reading →

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England on the Psychiatrist’s Couch

Posted on Friday, 16 November, 2018 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I have come across this intuitive article in the Guardian – The paranoid fantasy behind Brexit. Ironically, as I write this little posting, I am listening to a CD I have just bought of the choir of York Minister in … Continue reading →

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Scylla and Charybdis

Posted on Monday, 29 October, 2018 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

After a very restless night, I have decided that this will be my last posting on the subject of Brexit. I am also taking my distance from groups on Facebook where many arguments depend on demonising or stereotyping the adverse … Continue reading →

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L’enfer, c’est les autres

Posted on Saturday, 27 October, 2018 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

It is the famous quote from Jean-Paul Sartre in his play Huis Clos, which is literally translated Hell is other people. Ideally we would be connected by love to the whole of humanity, but such an ideal is destroyed by … Continue reading →

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