Hope Street
When I was in Liverpool in the sixties, there was much more religious tension than there is today.
Part of the reason, was the leadership of the two great churchmen; David Sheppard and Derek Worlock. They are commemorated in this joint statue in Hope Street.
The Sheppard-Worlock Statue
Note how you can see the Anglian Cathedral in the picture. From behind, you can see the Roman Catholic one at other end of Hope Street.
The Sheppard-Worlock Statue from Behind
Incidentally, Derek Worlock was a coeliac. I have a feeling that rulings by the current Pope would mean that he couldn’t be ordained as a Catholic priest today. Religion should be about inclusion and tolerance and not the reverse.
The Holy Rosenbergs
This looks like a play worth seeing.
PeacePlayers International
I’d never heard of this group, until I read William and Kate’s wedding list in the papers.
They are definitely worth supporting.
It does appear though that the royal couple have had the right idea over their gift list.
I was also impressed by his speech in Christchurch.
The Real Olympic Legacy
The Wellcome Trust has made a bid to run the Olympic Park and the Village after the 2012 Games finishes. Read about it here.
It seems to me that this could be a real lasting legacy for East London, especially if they eventually create a science and technology park, as they are indicating.
A Very Emotional Day
Looking back on Thursday, I can now see how it was a very emotional day for me. But not in a dark and unhappy way, but more in a celebration of the happy times I have had in the past, and what despite the loss of my wife, C, and our third son, and the stroke, I can do in the future. Was I loosing the unhappy shackles of the past?
I think that truth be told, I was very worried about the lecture. But I was given a warm welcome and I have been told it went well. It is not for me to say, but I hope that I’ll do some similar things in the future.
The walk around Liverpool in the sun, brought back many happy memories of the first few years of my life with C.
If there was a blot on my day, it was that I behaved in a rather silly and almost rude way with the celebrity. I apologise to them unreservedly. I’ve also paid a self-imposed fine to Comic Relief.
So would C be proud of what I accomplished on Thursday?
She told me to be strong and carry on many times, as she lay in bed dying.
So at least I have done that!
Programming in the Nude
The story about Comic Relief reminds me, that most of the time I was programming Artemis at Debach and was alone, I never bothered to get dressed.
It did have its drawback, in that once I trod on a loose nail and hurt my foot. Luckily after a bit of TLC from C, I was able to carry on.
How many people, other than a few models and actors, can claim that they made their fortune without their clothes on?
If You Want to Raise Money for Charity Get Your Kit Off
Comic Relief has been a big success this year, with over £74,000,000 raised on the night.
Chris Moyles raised a couple of millions by broadcasting continuously for over 50 hours. I once programmed for about 36 hours non-stop and I know how difficult that must have been. At least with the programming, I was testing the Artemis scheduler and I was driven by the bugs I kept finding.
He was also helped by fellow presenter, Fearne Cotton, who said she’d broadcast in a swimsuit, if he passed his target.
He did and the server to the webcam crashed.
Even the Telegraph deemed it fit to show pictures and video on their web site. What did Disgusted of Tunbridge Wells think? He was apparently unable for comment, as he was too busy trying t9 work out how to watch the video.
The Anonymous Widower 