Tuesday, July 17, 2012

Charity muggers?

"Chuggers" which I take to be a blend word from "charity" and "mugger" refers to charity street selers and their aggressive techniques. Is the word here to stay? I would have said not, but after it appeared in The Times on Monday, it was the subject of an item on Sky News on Tuesday. I liked the scornful dismissal of Michael Gove's determination to introduce into England the educational policies of Singapore as "policy tourism"

Saturday, September 22, 2007

Saying Hello

juat to introduced myself. My name is Simon Grainthorn and my particular interest is narrative theology. Why the name? An aeolian harp is a wind harp, so I hope this blog will play the tunes of the spirit.