The Life and Opinions of Andrew Rilstone

"Open up Mark's Gospel, which is the probably the oldest and certainly the shortest, and pretend I am reading it for the first ti...

And straight-way coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens opened, And the Spirit like a dove descending upon him: And ther...

When my Granny was a little child, most houses in the countryside did not have running water; but there was a pump near her garden gate. Fr...

The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God Pretend you have never heard this story before. You are sitting in ...

A commentary Warning: This essay has a non linear structure.  Pretend that you are reading this story for the first time... Mar...

The Dovetail Trio EP There is still a £1 price sticker on this little EP, so I think it must have come from the bargain bucket at t...

Hey Andrew: what did you think of the last season of Doctor Who? I have put a short (6,000 words) collection of reactions to the adventure...

Bit of a cock-up, all told.

Since 2011. Wrong about everything.  The problem of evil. The True Meaning of Easter Nasty Evangelical Death Cults True Mean...

The Devil's Doorbells Pushing It (EP) "Oh is it happening?" says a voice, just before a hootenanny version o...

Hello. I am Andrew Rilstone. You may remember me from the Folkbuddies podcast, or from that time someone made me the “official blogger...

The bastard. He doesn't exist. Samuel Beckett In 1937, a student at Dewitt Clinton High School in the Bronx was helping to edit...