tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7132206171945839649.post1494394856648681440..comments2024-02-13T11:11:28.246+00:00Comments on Bishop Alan’s Blog: Indaba — a luta continua!Bishop Alan Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13879516755776951638noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7132206171945839649.post-74528459815864537172008-07-26T16:52:00.000+01:002008-07-26T16:52:00.000+01:00Liked the ultimate cage fighting reference. I once...Liked the ultimate cage fighting reference. I once ran a do for 2000 people in a tent in the Oxford diocese and the (rather boring but true) requirement of our insurance company was that they would only cover the considerable gizmos various in the tent on condition it was ringed by continuous security fencing identical to this stuff, and patrolled at night by a security company. It cost us several hundred pounds to make both those things happen, but without it our gear would not have been insurable. I imagine much the same is true here.Bishop Alan Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13879516755776951638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7132206171945839649.post-26368752702554813602008-07-25T14:10:00.000+01:002008-07-25T14:10:00.000+01:00I'm fascinated by two things:1 - How "Provincial" ...I'm fascinated by two things:<BR/><BR/>1 - How "Provincial" has changed from meaning "centre of power" to "middle of nowhere" in a few centuries.<BR/><BR/>2 - The need to have all those Stalag Luft style fences at the Lambeth Conference. I'd have thought that journalists didn't need quite that much protection.<BR/><BR/>I know that Bishops are feral beasts, but do they really need to go to all those lengths. Makes the whole thing seem like Nike-sponsored Ultimate Cage Fighting...<BR/><BR/>MattMatt Wardmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04326720801362744582noreply@blogger.com