Jon Jolly

Heathrow departure queues!

Originally uploaded by bobweasel.

This is what terminal three was like tonight. A queue as long as the building:-(

I was watching a bit of TV at home on Friday night and found myself laughing out loud at Nikki Graham of Big Brother fame on 8 Out Of 10 Cats. Famous for being both spoilt and self-obsessed, the bleached blonde embarrassed herself admirably in the first 10 minutes by not knowing Heather Mills-Macartney only [...]

The last 2 days, The WIRE have hosted another group of Danes who have come across the water (via Stansted at 1am) to witness our shining example of community work The guy leading the team was none other than Peter Senholt who until recently was a teacher at Skovbo Efterskole.
The last time I saw [...]

Mr & Mrs Barkaway try pretty hard to lead an ethical and eco-friendly lifestyle and have some great articles on their blog to reflect this. Check out buy ugly… and

This past week Kirsty and I have started booking our 2 week holiday to Malaysia. It’s been uncertain whether we would be able to go due to buying a house recently, but Kirsty has managed to pull it off on the cheap. That’s the advantage of being married to a Travel Agent!
We go really soon [...]

Mark O has an interesting article on exuberance (what it means) and the tensions between churches and Youth Workers. While you’re at it, I suggest you subscribe to his blog. He may be American but he knows what he’s talking about!

Bleep.com came to my attention this week after winning the Best Music Store at this years Digital Music Awards. Although the store is still relatively small, it beat iTunes and Napster to the title due to its eclectic and abstract content, high encoding rates and insistance of having all music DRM free. From the site:
This [...]

Just a shameless plug to remind you all that if you need a DJ for your event or celebration, pureDisco are available! We’ve got a great track record locally for providing fun-filled evenings, so spread the word and keep us in mind!

JacksonPollock.org, Simply drag your mouse across the page. Click to change colour. Great Fun!

The last 2 weeks have probably been the hardest I have yet had to face in my vocation as a youth worker because I have spent much of my time supporting particular families in crisis situations while wrestling with my own role at work. I have felt singularly useless and found myself exhausted of practical [...]