Ray's Blog: September 2009
More Than A Bit Of Folk Lore?
p> An incomer made his home on Holy Island. An islander who had moved to the mainland made a return visit. I love the island, the incomer told him. But the island does not love you said the islander. However he continued, if you search for...
Spain's Muslim-christian Buildings
My sister Sally and I took a package holiday to CLASSICAL SPAIN. We delighted in the cathedral at Cordoba, which is set in the middle of the vast, spiritual columns of the mosque that preceded it. We delighted in the glories of Ronda, Seville, and the Alhambra at Granada....
Spain's Muslim-christian Buildings
My sister Sally and I took a package holiday to CLASSICAL SPAIN. We delighted in the cathedral at Cordoba, which is set in the middle of the vast, spiritual columns of mosque that preceded it. We delighted in the glories of Ronda, Seville, and the Alhambra at Granada. For...
Schools
Brother Damian gave the annual Markwell Lecture on education at Holy Island's St. Mary's Church in the presence of its teacher and governors. Under the umbrella title of JOURNEYING TOGETHER the joint school of Lowick and Holy Island has a Vision statement and a Behaviour Statement. These are...
Saint Aidan And The Future Of Britain
Dr. Ian Bradley, of St. Andrew's University, a prolific author and broadcaster, and a contributor to the Demos Think Tank, gave the keynote lecture at the St. Aidan Week Celebrations on the Holy Island of Lindisfarne. Census returns and other research, he said, reveal that white people increasingly...
