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My estate

It’s strange how the English word ‘estate’ has different meanings. It may mean the plush land-holdings of the aristocracy, or a social housing development, for the working class and poor.   Steve Latham   When I was growing up, our town had an ‘estate’, in this latter sense. As children, […]

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Our obedient freedom

To many modern ears this must sound like an absurdity, redolent of a dictatorship. Paradoxically, I want to suggest that that absolute obedience to a higher power outside of ourselves can be the path to freedom.   Nigel Pocock   What kind of ‘freedom’ are we are talking about? To […]