There are two thing you need for a jolly good hymn.The first is a set of words that expresses the mood or sentiment of the worshipper.The second-and perhaps even more important- is a good tune..with a simple popular melody.

Lovers of Norfolk churches can never agree which is the best and I think one is either a Salle or a Cawston man.

I don't think I am any good. If I thought I was any good, I wouldn't be.

I have a Vision of the Future, chum. The workers flats in fields of soya beans tower up like silver pencils, score on score.

Too many people in the modern world view poetry as a luxury, not a necessity like petrol. But to me it's the oil of life.

I ought to warn you that my verse is of no interest to people who can think.

Childhood is measured out by sounds and smells and sights, before the dark hour of reason grows.