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“Was the earth made to preserve a few covetous, proud men to live at ease…?”

by Huguenot Jo | Dec 17, 2022 | Catholicism, Puritanism

“…Or was it made to preserve all her children?” – Gerrard Winstanley, Founder of the True Levellers (the "Diggers"), 1649. As gifts, tea towels from the Radical Tea Towel Company are hard to beat for politicos. Apart from the blatantly...

The Buddha and a calming colouring book

by Huguenot Jo | Dec 19, 2021 | Book review, Catholicism, Historic Events, Puritanism

A new Buddhist temple has recently opened near our house, and free meditation classes are always on offer. It’s a pleasant way to spend half an hour, and following a guided fantasy led by one of the orange-robed monks is …

Cancer ward

by Huguenot Jo | Mar 23, 2019 | Book review, Catholicism, Puritanism, The Huguenots

I’ve been sitting in a cancer ward at the Royal Marsden Hospital, desperately relying on a Tudor detective novel to distract me. Nurses are putting cancer drugs into my child and it’s almost impossible to bear. One of them catches …

Versailles Series III: The Sun King and the Huguenots

by Huguenot Jo | Jun 24, 2018 | Book review, Catholicism, The Huguenots

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The fear that someone, somewhere may be happy

by Huguenot Jo | May 7, 2018 | Book review, Catholicism, Puritanism

I read Puritanism: A Very Short Introduction with a sense of recognition. Here were my people, all down in black and white. Strict Baptists – the sect I was brought up in – must be the rump, the tiny remainder, …

“Was the earth made to preserve a few covetous, proud men to live at ease…?”

The Buddha and a calming colouring book

Cancer ward

Versailles Series III: The Sun King and the Huguenots

The fear that someone, somewhere may be happy

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