Frontline Police Officers should be vaccinated now

 Police Officers who are required to go into crowded places and dangerous, difficult situations should be vaccinated immediately. They need full protection from the virus and people who are putting them at risk of infection. Sometimes they are attacked, abused and badly treated. Those who are engaged in illegal activities and attacks during the lockdown should be harshly punished and shamed. We should not tolerate unacceptable behaviour. Vaccinate our police now!

It is very sad to hear about Ravi Zacharias' disgrace and shameful behaviour

 Despite Ravi Zacharias' sexual misconduct, deceit and lies, his apologetic books, sermons and ministerial works still proclaim truth, valuable insights, good arguments and  sound teaching. Booksellers and publishers have removed his books from their shelves and made them unavailable for purchase, in effect out of print.  This is a regrettable move. We should separate the personality from the publications, from the truth and merits of what he wrote. A good book is a good book even if the author has acted in bad ways.  Ravi's apologetics and the arguments he put forward are no less valid now than they were when his books were selling well in previous years.

God uses flawed human beings. Church history teaches this lesson clearly. And lessons are being learned form this sorry mess. Our hearts and prayers should go out to the victims of abuse and suffering caused by Ravi. Ravi, who died last May, was put on a high pedestal and has now fallen in the light of recent investigations. In time his books will be valued for what was written rather than what Ravi did in spas.

Yes, the evil done will be remembered, but so should the good. Being dead he still speaks... through his books etc.

The Dig: a disappointing drama with a miscast Carey Mulligan

 The Dig is now available to see on Netflix. Ralph Fiennes sparkles in the role of Basil Brown, managing to capture the character brilliantly with an excellent rural Suffolk accent. He really nails it.

Poor old Basil did not get the recognition and credit he deserved at the time. But history has now been kind to him and his place in British archaeology is assured.

Carey Mulligan is dreadfully miscast as Mrs Edith Pretty, who was twenty years older when the events took place.  Ludicrous. And Peggy Piggott, played by Lily James, was an established and accomplished archaeologist, not a lightweight novice or clumsy sidekick.

On the whole, the acting was of a high standard. More could have been made of the spectacular finds at the Sutton Hoo dig. There was so much more to be said about the magnificent helmet, the jewellery, exquisite weaponry,  crafted items and coins that have been gathered at the site.