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Big Conversation:Migration and Immigration / January 2026 Halesworth Greens were invited to a friendly gathering to discuss the complex topic of immigration. The proposal was to explore 3 questions: The facts, the Green view, Our view. It was full and colourful and it didn't go exactly to plan. On a dull January Sunday morning 16… Continue reading Migration and Immigration – Invitation

Invitation & Background reading Rev Dr Keith Brindle Jan 15, 2026Robert Jenrick’s defection from the Conservative Party to Reform is not just another Westminster reshuffle. It marks a further step in the normalisation of far-right ideology under the guise of being “centre-right”. In his speech announcing the move, Jenrick returned again and again to a… Continue reading Migration and Immigration – notes

Who controls the narrative? I feel drawn to this event, the other side of the word. In horror at the violence and interpretation, in sympathy with a fellow human being, a woman, whose last words on her easy smiling face were "That's fine dude I'm not mad at you" and his words: "Fucking Bitch". Her… Continue reading Flood (and lie to) the zone – the killing of Good

Going through old papers, clearing my metaphoric and physical desk, opening old draws, I find this anniversary: twenty years ago, 2006 January, completed the sale on Metfield Stores. It was one hell of a year. Not only the venture in to a village shop and all that rich tapestry of village life, but also the… Continue reading Metfield Stores at 20

Not even a year in office and the first Regime change - in Venezuela. A brazen assault not just on a sovereign nation, but on the “America First” agenda, oil first, a blatant resource grab. Barrels of oil is not all the same. Ed Conway on Venezualia oil. Who believes narcoterrorism as the apparant justification?… Continue reading Flood the zone – 11 months Venezuela

I am quietly pleased with this modest walk, 15K from front door to the sea, this year of feeling limitations of body. Through the start of the walk, all known paths, I noted the doors that are now closed, that physically I can no longer do. However, remembering a mantrra of Paulo Coelho recommended, I… Continue reading New year day walk – from front door to the sea

It’s been 3 years since I was here, and not walking a river system, free unencumbered by obligation of family (no mother father, husband, child). Here I am, in my adopted family at Maidens. We share familiar stories of our pasts, we know each others ancestors, Uncle John, Elspeth, Barbara making the brandy butter, now… Continue reading Maidens 2025

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A video record of the celebration of the life of John Macrae at the Cut Halesworth, December 2025. Made by Rachel in collaboration with Gill Hayes-Newington Music by Peter Maxwell Davies, Farewell to Stromness. Rights kindly wavered by Boosey and Hawkes for this personal use. https://videopress.com/v/jL26nuz2?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&posterUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fvideos.files.wordpress.com%2FhhiBwm2t%2F2025-john-macrae-v3_mp4_std.original.jpg&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true

I've not kept up with the mass of floods but this one reached deep lows. On the tragic death of Rob and Michele Reiner, by their son Nick 32, this is what Trump said: (Rob the remarkable film director, Spinal Tap, Princess Bride, Stand by me, When Harry met Sally) "Trump took to social media… Continue reading Flood the zone –