let’s not go down that road
Road a song i recorded with jon birch as jonnys in the basement back in '98 after a trip to jerusalem and gaza - it's been in my head this…
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July 28, 2014
we teach life sir
absolutely amazing evening last night at bethlehem unwrapped. spoken word is such a powerful format. harry was of course on great form but given the context it was rafeef ziadah…
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December 30, 2013
justice
i haven't blogged about the situation in gaza up until now - i simply don't know what to say. i just feel overwhelmed with sadness and anger. there are probably…
January 14, 2009
o little town of bethlehem – the gospel under occupation
i have visited bethlehem once in 19998. the trip i went on was amazing - hard but really good. i went with the amos trust, a small charity who punch…
December 18, 2008
keeping out strangers
keeping out strangers, originally uploaded by jonnybaker. saturday was the first grace of the year concluding our reflections on hospitality. the centre piece was a nativity with the separation wall…
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January 14, 2008
there’s no place like home…
in february 1998 i visited palestine/israel. what i saw and heard shocked me and when i returned i recorded an angry sad album backbone telling the stories of those encounters.…
January 2, 2008
feeling sad
it's hard to know what to say about the situation in the middle east... i have just been having coffee with a friend abby who has got back from a…
July 31, 2006
banksy at west bank wall
banksy has been up to mischief again. this time stencilling on the apartheid wall that runs through palestine/israel. i thought this must be banksy's work a while back when i…
August 22, 2005
house demolitions are still going on
i have enjoyed following adam's journey in the holy land this summer which is drawing to an end... i followed a link and got a painful reminder that tragedy and…
July 29, 2005