Just a few more sleeps to Christmas…

"We have no reason to believe that Jesus was at all different to any other milk-guzzling nappy-filling, spend-half-the-night-screaming, but still somehow delightful human"

Three Wise Men

Right now, all across Spain millions of wide-eyed children will be watching the three Reyes Magos, “Magi Kings” appear in the streets and begin their journey to deliver a nation of presents in one night. In the larger cities, they travel in majestic parade, escorted by dozens of elaborately decorated floats. In Barcelona, 10 tonnes …

Godbaby – he cries, he wees, he saves the world

Last Friday saw me in Ormskirk town centre for the grand Christmas lights switch-on. Sharing a stage with the mayor, Black Lace (of Agadoo fame) and the town's clergy was at the very least a novel experience. The town centre is transformed into something of a fair ground for the 2 or 3 hours that …