Opinionated Vicar

Phil Groom reports the closing of the book on the sorry case of the Society of St. Stephen the Great, and their destruction of what used to...

The saga of the former SPCK bookshops wound up fairly rapidly last year following the takeover of the governing charity by the Charity Commi...

The final curtain has fallen in Durham on Phil and Mark Brewers bruising foray into UK bookselling. The good news that Durham Cathedral is s...

News on various blogs in the last 24 hours of the final moments of what used to be SPCK Bookshops. Regular readers will know that they were ...

Last week, an advert appeared in the Bookseller journal, which concluded: Creditors who believe that they have a valid claim against the Tru...

Phil Groom reports that some of the former SPCK bookshop premises are now up for sale, as the Charity Commissioners go about the process of ...

The SPCK Annual General Meeting is coming up, and the annual report and accounts for 2008-9 are online. There is a passing reference to the...

...and then there was one... It sounds like the bookshop formerly known as SPCK Chichester is now closed, which leaves only Durham still und...

Planning to head to Greenbelt on Saturday on a day ticket, to give the kids a taste of it, and catch up with some family who'll be there...

I should go away more often. It's great that my first post back from holiday should be about a significant step forward in the grim soap...

The BBC is reporting the settlement just agreed with former SPCK bookshops workers. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/8210573.stm A...

It's a year to the day since Dave Walker was coerced into taking down his 'Save the SPCK' posts from the Cartoon Blog. Phil Groo...

Exactly a year ago on Wednesday, I posted this : Dave Walker, who has been flying the flag for the beleagured SPCK bookshop chain, has been ...

Phil Groom has just published an official Charity Commissioners notice, now appearing on the doors of former SPCK bookshops around the count...

Having formerly been a vicar in Darlington, one of my many contacts in the North-East pointed me to this photo, which is, allegedly, Phil Br...

Judging by comments posted in the last 24 hours on the SPCK/SSG blog , all the shops run by Mark Brewers ENC Management company (which was e...

The 'Bloggies' - Christian Web and New Media awards, are now open for nominations. I've taken the liberty of nominating Phil Gro...

Update 4pm : there are hints in the comments at Phil Grooms blog of an out of court settlement. Have a look over there for the latest. Even ...

Woohoo! Well done Dave. This was posted on his church times blog earlier . Both Dave posting it - after the new SPCK owns tried to bash him ...

The following statement was issued yesterday by a group (which I'm part of) which keeps an eye on the former SPCK bookshop chain, and th...