Catholicism Archives - Huguenot Jo

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

Huguenot Jo — Sat, 17 Dec 2022 15:06:51 +0000

“…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 …

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The Buddha and a calming colouring book

Huguenot Jo — Sun, 19 Dec 2021 15:12:01 +0000

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 …

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Cancer ward

Huguenot Jo — Sat, 23 Mar 2019 14:37:52 +0000

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 …

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Versailles Series III: The Sun King and the Huguenots

Huguenot Jo — Sun, 24 Jun 2018 12:27:22 +0000

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The fear that someone, somewhere may be happy

Huguenot Jo — Mon, 07 May 2018 15:48:34 +0000

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, …

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