About me

Gender	Male
Industry	Religion
Occupation	Chaplain of Fettes College, Edinburgh
Location	Edinburgh, MIDLOTHIAN, United Kingdom
Introduction	Like all of us, a lot of very different strands - familial, social, educational, ecclesial and sporting among others - of a rich and complex Northern Irish and Scottish background have combined to make me the man I am today. I like to think of myself as a forward-looking and yet at the same time perhaps essentially conservative individual. Some might call that contradictory, but there are I think such contradictions deep within all of us. I'm fascinated by politics and I have to admit that I used to vote Conservative and Mrs Thatcher was my heroine when I was an undergraduate. I'm now less certain about political parties in general. I am, in spite of anything you may read in this blog, very happily married to the Domestic Commander (who is referred to in fear and trembling throughout this blog simply as The DC), and who has, I must say, been like a wife to me for more than a decade now. As far as I am aware, I don't have any children. My work is at Fettes College in Edinburgh where I am the Chaplain.
Interests	Fast cars, Golf, Rugby, History, After dinner speaking, Travel, Ecclesial and social conflict resolution, Politics
Favorite movies	I ALWAYS fall asleep during films - ask anyone
Favorite music	James Blunt's Back to Bedlam, Ludovico Einaudi's I Giorni, Coldplay's XandY, The Pogues - the very best of..., Taize - Venite exultemus, Taize - Christe Lux Mundi
Favorite books	Michael Yelton Anglican Papalism, FJ Byrne Irish Kings and High Kings, Graham Linehan Father Ted - the complete scripts, Jeremy Paxman The English, Jeremy Paxman The Political Animal, Ruth Dudley Edwards The Faithful Tribe, Colin Montgomerie The Real Monty, Andrew Rawnsley Servants of the People, Edwin Friedman Generation to Generation, Marcus Tanner Ireland's Holy Wars, William Davage In this sign conquer, Brian O'Doherty The Deposition of Father McGreevy