tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7132206171945839649.post7988828610048464007..comments2024-02-13T11:11:28.246+00:00Comments on Bishop Alan’s Blog: Sir John Mortimer RIPBishop Alan Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13879516755776951638noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7132206171945839649.post-90924114742142883982009-01-30T07:38:00.000+00:002009-01-30T07:38:00.000+00:00Thanks for the reminder about GMT, Peter. A rather...Thanks for the reminder about GMT, Peter. A rather more mellow John Thaw than Inspector Mor(o)se. Another wonderful man.Bishop Alan Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13879516755776951638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7132206171945839649.post-49890099157633301072009-01-29T11:52:00.000+00:002009-01-29T11:52:00.000+00:00I remembered the name of another drama filmed in T...I remembered the name of another drama filmed in Turville, the film <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodnight_Mister_Tom_(1998_film)" REL="nofollow">Goodnight Mister Tom</A>. I suppose that this would have been more to John Mortimer's liking than The Vicar of Dibley, for the story prefigures his "campaign to turn the school into a centre for underprivileged children from inner cities, who began to arrive in Turville to get a taste of country life", as mentioned in The Times report of the funeral.Peter Kirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13395635409427347613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7132206171945839649.post-58750749810270913902009-01-28T14:42:00.000+00:002009-01-28T14:42:00.000+00:00RIP :(RIP :(Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7132206171945839649.post-30795891184323361622009-01-26T14:39:00.000+00:002009-01-26T14:39:00.000+00:00May God bless him. But when I read of a woman vica...May God bless him. But when I read of a woman vicar at that church I can't help thinking of Dawn French, Vicar of Dibley, which was filmed in the beautiful village of Turville.Peter Kirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13395635409427347613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7132206171945839649.post-50121663159962397132009-01-26T13:33:00.000+00:002009-01-26T13:33:00.000+00:00A great creative mind lost, and a splendid job by ...A great creative mind lost, and a splendid job by the vicar!Mike Peatmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03385223912601726849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7132206171945839649.post-17865997403918256342009-01-26T03:05:00.000+00:002009-01-26T03:05:00.000+00:00Of course, atheism was the charge leveled against ...Of course, atheism was the charge leveled against the earliest Christians. So, being an atheist in a sense is returning to the roots of the faith.<BR/><BR/>We are all atheists. That is, we all disbelieve is some other person's conception of God, and from that person's point of view, we're atheists. At the same time, we all believe is some kind of ultimate reality, and whether we call that God or not, we are all believers.John D Bassetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01716421788208143074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7132206171945839649.post-25877289775208147202009-01-24T05:58:00.000+00:002009-01-24T05:58:00.000+00:00Undoubtedly one of the greats - forever remembered...Undoubtedly one of the greats - forever remembered from the phrase 'she who must be obeyed'Bob MacDonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11335631079939764763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7132206171945839649.post-88811186507195793932009-01-23T13:58:00.000+00:002009-01-23T13:58:00.000+00:00RIP :(RIP :(Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com