Letters

How’s this for effective speed control?

People slowed down and actually tried to ‘straddle’ the hole, pictured above, when it was introduced as a speed control in Canada.

It is much cheaper than speed cameras, radar guns, extra traffic police officers, etc.

Pretty clever - especially when they move them around every day.

Isn’t art wonderful? Let’s try it on our highways.

Concerned motorist,

Bahrain.

Bahrain welcomed director and Church of England Lay Minister John Sibley to the British Club last Friday evening for a performance of The Joseph Story, ‘Jesus My Boy’. 

The play has also been performed in Canada, Denmark, Germany and Sweden and was once performed by Tom Conti at The Apollo Theatre in London.

The story of Joseph was written by John Dowie and brought to life so expertly by him. It was a unique event. 

Not much is written in the Bible about Joseph, the ‘father’ of Christ. This portrayal gives an insight into the man that played such an important role in the life of Jesus.

We learned about his humble origins, his journey to Nazareth, his meeting with Mary and the pregnancy.

We learned about what it was like to be a father bringing up ‘The Boy’ as he called him. Ultimately, he described in detail the crucifixion of his son.

This was the third annual St Christopher’s Day Dinner aimed at fellowship rather than fundraising. More than 130 people attended.

One email I received after the show said: “I thought that the play was beautifully-scripted while John brought passion, humour and intrigue to the performance.

“How one man alone can keep an audience enthralled defies belief.

“He had us in the palm of his hand, played with us occasionally and only put us down when he wanted to.”

Acclaim indeed! 

The event also allowed us to introduce new faces as people were able to invite friends along to see the play. It’s fair to say a great time was had by all.

My thanks go to Philip Shepherdson and the Very Reverend Chris Butt for all their hard work in making the evening such a wonderful success.

David Axtell, Saar.