Red Line for Gaza: why does the UK government still sell arms to Israel?

September 14, 2025Allyship, Antiracism, Black History, Death and Dying, Democracy, Equality, History, Homelessness, Human Rights, Hunger and Food Insecurity, Morality, Politics, Racism, Refugees

On Saturday 6 September a couple of friends and I marched in support of Red Line for Gaza. The march was organised by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign (not to be confused with the UK government’s proscribed Palestine Action). This report suggests there were 300,000 of us; this one that there were 20,000. Certainly thousands marched … Read More

Our Christmas Tree: a work in progress … and The Connection at St Martin’s

December 14, 2017Homelessness, Love, Things I'd Love to Have Made, Things that don't fit anywhere else

My other half put our Christmas tree together yesterday (it has hundreds of branches, all with different colour codes, all with their own little slots in its metal trunk). He also strung the tree with lights. Now it’s my turn to put on the decorations. So it’s a work in progress.As everything is. Especially our lives. So … Read More