17th December 2025 Belgrade, Serbia
Last week, I spoke at the Equality Commissioner’s annual conference about the importance of gender equality. I said that, as a father, I want to live in a world where my two daughters have exactly the same chance to shine as my son. Where their potential is recognised and nurtured, and where they can find […]
3rd December 2024 Belgrade, Serbia
I recently had the honour of accompanying His Holiness Patriarch Porfirije back to the UK. It was for a special reason. The Serbian Orthodox Church has created a new diocese of Great Britain and Ireland. On Sunday 24 November, my friend Bishop kyr Nektarije was enthroned as the first Serbian Bishop of London. The enthronement […]
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5th June 2023 Belgrade, Serbia
Dear Serbia, I first arrived in Belgrade in the mid-1980s by train as a student with a small tent. I caught a number 53 bus to the campsite that used to next to the ‘Kamp Košutnjak’ café. Had I known then what the future held for me, I could have looked across the valley to the […]