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Opinion: What we learned in 2020

The Age of Reason By Peter Carr Moving towards the Christmas season it is perhaps timely to be reflecting on the year past – a year that has been full of surprises, difficulties, change. And…

Opinion: On the verge of stupidity

No Planet B By Peter Matthews Travelling on the Southern Motorway last night, towards the Bombay Hills, we found that we were approaching a mass of yellow lights and arrows telling us to slow down…

Opinion: the gift of Christmas

Faith in Cambridge By Murray Smith Senor Leader Bridges Church Sometimes in history, people and situations which were not particularly accorded as being of much significance turn out to be of immense importance. This is…

Opinion: Family ties and finding the threads

The Age of Reason By Peter Carr For several years I have been fiddling with matters pertaining to my personal heritage. The ‘fiddling’ part – in the earlier days – was because I really did…

Opinion: It’s time to kill the stigma around maths

Down with the kids By Matteo Di Maio Late last year, one of the American Democratic Party’s more idiosyncratic presidential candidates stepped onto a stage in Philadelphia. Andrew Yang, the former test-prep entrepreneur turned long-shot…

Opinion: A tale of two women

The Age of Reason By Peter Carr The much-trumpeted arrival of Season Four of the docudrama The Queen has, no, doubt, seen a plethora of people with free time available being glued to their screens….

Opinion: the power of thought

Faith in Cambridge By Murray Smith Senor Leader Bridges Church A phrase sometimes accompanies a gesture or gift being offered that is perhaps a bit on the modest side. “It’s the thought that counts,” we…

Opinion: good news — or is it?

No Planet B By Peter Matthews Scanning through the news this morning, I noticed an article on BBC News which claimed ‘one of biology’s biggest mysteries largely solved’ by AI. Normally I like the BBC…

Opinion: Mind your manners…

Faith in Waipa By Murray Smith, Senior Leader, Bridges Church Some time ago our family hosted some overseas exchange students on a home-stay basis. They were pleasant enough kids, but our lasting impression of this bunch…

Opinion: don’t believe everything you read…

No Planet B By Peters Matthews  It must be the internet – so much information so easily. I don’t remember being as suspicious of news sources in the days before the internet as I am…

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