A few months ago, for family reasons, my daughter and I were invited to stay in a Benedictine community as personal guests of the Abbot. It was a singular experience for two…
In August last year, a fifteen-year-old girl, Greta Thunberg, decided to sit outside the Swedish parliament rather than go to school. Education has little point, she said, if the…
The long drawing out of my mother’s life was against her wishes. I was there to witness it. As a consequence of this experience, I – like many people – have come to the…