Faith matters - mixed messages
We’ve just visited the North Cotswolds; the furthest from home that we have travelled since January. Looking for somewhere to sit in...
Steve Richards
Aug 7, 2020
Hoping for the best
There have been a series of impressive light projections onto the exterior of Lichfield Cathedral. One of these featured the word HOPE...
Steve Richards
May 1, 2020
Clean hands
I would have been about 9 or 10 years old at the time. We were on a visit to the Clent Hills. My parents were there, my best mate Paul...
Steve Richards
Apr 5, 2020
Football crazy
A 10-year-old schoolboy named Daragh Curley wrote to the Liverpool football manager asking him to lose a few games so that his own...
Steve Richards
Mar 6, 2020
The few and the many
As a World War Two historian, the month of September features large for me, one significant date being 15th September 1940, which is...
Steve Richards
Sep 6, 2019
Who we are, not what we are
Think of beaches and we think of sunny summer days; places of family fun, games and relaxation. Seventy five years ago, neither fun and...
Steve Richards
Jun 6, 2019
Faith Matters
Faith Matters is a snappy title for this column. How are we to understand it? It might mean ‘matters appertaining to faith’ or it could...
Steve Richards
Feb 8, 2019
Remembering the fallen
During the 20th century, more people died in wars than all of the previous centuries put together. Remembrance Day services will take...
Steve Richards
Nov 9, 2018
How wise is artificial intelligence?
Has AI, that is, Artificial Intelligence entered your life yet? You may not be using a driverless car but perhaps you use Siri or OK...
Steve Richards
Sep 7, 2018
Voice recognition
‘Steve, it’s Kev…’ are the opening words used by my close friend, Kevin, when leaving a message on my answerphone. He doesn’t really need...
Steve Richards
Aug 3, 2018