Archive for the ‘england’ Category
Where do you come from?
Posted by: Ros on: December 13, 2008
- In: england
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The National Trust have a really interesting little tool on their website which lets you look at the geographical incidence of surnames in Great Britain in 1881 and 1998. I was quite surprised that my surname is so (relatively) localised to the Midlands and East Anglia, with a much lower incidence in the north and [...]
The Old Shed
Posted by: Ros on: December 2, 2008
- In: england | the old shed
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Before: After: Kitchen: The tiles are actually white, but they are reflecting the pink units. Ignore the mess on the counter. Bedroom: the walls are pinker than they appear here. And here! The wardrobe doesn’t quite go across the whole wall. There will be space for some storage boxes. This is the room that needs [...]
The Old Shed
Posted by: Ros on: November 25, 2008
- In: england | the old shed
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I don’t think I’ve given a progress update here for a very long time. Anyway, the good news is that it is almost done! The bad news is I’m 500 miles away and so I haven’t seen it yet. But there are pictures! You can see the parking space by the front door and the [...]
Learning to embrace my inner Tab
Posted by: Ros on: October 31, 2008
- In: england
- 2 Comments
I’ve just heard back from the exceptionally efficient Tyndale House(!), a mere eight or nine months after I first sent my application. Anyway, the good news is that they’ve offered me residential accommodation for four months from March to June next year. I’m not sure how all the practicalities will work out, but my supervisor [...]
Deal Or No Deal
Posted by: Ros on: October 23, 2008
- In: america | england | made-up statistics | tv
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Okay, I’ll admit it. I watch this programme. Quite often. Okay, every day. Almost. I generally find myself closing down the laptop and packing up my things at around 4.30pm just so I can get home in time for the business end of it. If I were in charge, I’d rename it (after getting Noel [...]
Open evangelicals or radical reformers?
Posted by: Ros on: October 23, 2008
John Richardson has some typically forthright views on the subject here.
The atonement debate
Posted by: Ros on: October 21, 2008
- In: books | england | theology
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I notice that the papers from the EA Symposium on the atonement from summer 2005 have finally been published. I haven’t read it but I have just skimmed through the contents list (see the sample pages here and I’m struck by both the omissions and the inclusions. Here are the chapters (one of the more [...]
The state we’re in
Posted by: Ros on: October 15, 2008
I’ve just watched an item on The One Show about teenage pregnancy. A number of things struck me: Apparently one of the things that gives the government concern with respect to teenage pregnancy is that children of teenage parents are more likely to live in poverty than children of slightly older parents. Aside from the [...]
Unbelievable!
Posted by: Ros on: October 9, 2008
- In: england | money
- 7 Comments
Hmm. From the BBC website: Councils say they have followed Treasury advice by investing surplus money to deliver the highest return for taxpayers. So, let me just go over what has happened here. 1. The government (local and national) extracts too much money compulsorily from taxpayers. 2. They then invest this money ‘to deliver the [...]
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