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I’ve just started writing for the Student Christian Movement. I’ll post something whenever they ask me to, which should hopefully be roughly every fortnight. It’ll obviously be on Christian matters, so there may be a bit less of that on here. In fact, you may have noticed rather a glut of cycling posts on here [...]

When you need a policeman but can’t find one, where’s he likely to be? Stopping cyclists to evangelise the wearing of helmets, or so it seems if you live in Edinburgh. Recently they stopped Andrew Burns, the chief of Labour on Edinburgh City Concil, who wasn’t too happy about it. (Edinburgh Evening news) Later, he [...]

A study on the 7/7 bombings has found 216 more deaths than predicted in the wake of the 7.7 bombings, as people switched from the tube to the ‘safe’ bicycle for transport. (Telegraph) Prof Peter Ayton, of City University, went on to say that “if you asked which killed more people ion the last 10 [...]

1) I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man; she must be silent. 1 Timothy 2:12 In this letter to another church leader, the big question (apart from “Why is this more hated than the previous verses about genocide?”) is whether Paul (yes, this is one of Paul’s [...]

3) Do not allow a sorceress to live (Exodus 22:18) I have a confession here: On the Ship of Fools poll, I voted for this verse. Sometimes, a well-meaning bible verse can be taken out of context and abused until it leaves a stain on the bible itself, and this is certainly one of them. [...]

The Tour of Britain bike race finished stage 1 in York on Saturday, and I had a front row view. I’d volunteered to marshal for this event, so I was at the barrier, 100 yards beyond the finish line. The stage itself ended in an exciting sprint, won by Chris Sutton of the Garmin Slipstream [...]

5) So the man took his concubine and sent her outside to them, and they raped her and abused her throughout the night, and at dawn they let her go. (Judges 19:25) If you’re interested, this story is practically the same as Genesis 19, the story of Lot in Sodom (one of the favourite Old [...]

Cycle lanes can make cycling more dangerous, researchers at Leeds and Bolton universities have revealed. Using a bicycle mounted camera, they found that on roads with cycle lanes, cars passed them an average 7 inches closer than on roads where no cycle lane existed. (Independent,Times,CTC) At last, here’s some research to back up what I [...]

A while ago, I blogged that irreverent Christian website Ship of Fools was searching for people’s least favourite, most despised verse of the bible. Now, as reported by the Telegraph, they’ve done it. Here’s the list from Ship of Fools themselves, or you can hang around and read it right here. In reverse order, here [...]

This stands for “Sorry Mate, I Didn’t See You”, the frequent non-apology given to injured/frightened cyclists and bikers by irresponsible drivers who’ve run them over without looking propery. As a vulnerable road user, you can imagine how worked up I get by people who can treat lethal weapons with gross negligence and then think that [...]