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Matt Smith’s costume – middle class or mad scientist?

By Caleb | July 22, 2009

Doctor Who has started filming again, with Matt Smith as the Doctor! I was quoted in yesterday’s South Wales Echo about his costume. Dr Who fan Caleb Woodbridge, 23, who works for Cardiff University and lives in Roath, Cardiff, said the Doctor’s new look was a counter-balance for his youth. “It’s very much in keeping […]

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My wedding speech!

By Caleb | July 22, 2009

One of my tasks as the groom was to give a wedding speech, which I had great fun writing and delivering! It seemed to go down well, and since I wrote out my speech in full beforehand, I’ll post the text on here – my actual delivery may have been slightly different. You can also […]

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What is worship?

By Caleb | July 13, 2009

Yesterday evening the topic at Mack was Worship: God Transforms, the penultimate in the Mapping the Infinite series. The idea of “worship” is one that seems very strange to most people today, conjuring up images of wearing strange clothes and funny hats, whilst singing songs so sycophantic that they’d put Uriah Heep to shame. And […]

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Happy Birthday Calvin!

By Caleb | July 10, 2009

No, not the kid in the cartoon strip with the toy tiger, but the great theologian whose writings set the course of much of Protestant theology, and as a result, Western culture. I think John Calvin was a very smart guy who got a lot of stuff right, but some of the interpretations of his […]

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My wedding day!

By Caleb | June 13, 2009

You may have noticed that my blog has been a bit quiet lately, and that’s because I’m getting married. Now, the day has come, and I am getting married to my dear and wonderful Beverley at 1pm today. Woo, and indeed, hoo! I’m feeling pretty calm at the moment, with just under six hours to […]

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RIP the Doctor Who Forum

By Caleb | June 4, 2009

I was shocked to turn on my computer yesterday morning and learn that the Doctor Who Forum, formerly known as Outpost Gallifrey, will be closing down for good come the end of July. This site is – was – the place to go on the Internet for Doctor Who, a seemingly unshakable pillar of online […]

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Wales is a village of 6000 people, according to Wolfram Alpha

By Caleb | May 21, 2009

I know that lots of non-Brits think that Wales is in England, but the search result for new search engine Wolfram Alpha takes the biscuit – it thinks that Wales is near Sheffield. Further investigation shows that it only recognises Wales, the South Yorkshire village (population 6000), rather than Wales, the country (population 3 million). […]

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10 years of the Welsh Assembly

By Caleb | May 12, 2009

Today is the 10th anniversary of the first meeting of the National Assembly for Wales. Here are a few of my thoughts on the subject.. I think genuine progress has been made in that time, but the Assembly still suffers from a lack of clout and a lack of attention. I’m interested in politics and […]

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