Fri 30 Jul 2021 04.00 EDT
If you wanted to date the moment one of the biggest youth subcultures of 80s Britain arrived, you could pick 40 years ago this month, on 4 July 1981. That night, at the Marquee club in Soho, a few hundred kids gathered to watch a band who were almost singlehandedly kickstarting a new wave of alternative music. Waiting for them to come on, those fans launched into the song that served as their heroes’ unofficial theme, from David Lynch’s Eraserhead. “In heaven, everything is fine,” they sang. “You’ve got your good things, and I’ve got mine.” A few months later, that chorus opened, and gave its name to, the first LP by the Meteors. And as their frontman would later claim, “Only the Meteors are pure psychobilly.”
And while he joked that the exercise was “good for him”, he emphasised the importance of the fundraiser and how it is helping communities across the globe.
“Christian Aid, like most charities, has been impacted greatly these past two years. I wanted to do something to help so when it announced the 300,000 steps fundraiser, I knew that was something I could get involved with.
“I am so grateful to everyone who has donated and I m glad the fundraiser has encouraged people to donate and take part.
Rev Nick Garrard
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Dr Garrard initially set a target of £250, but has managed to exceed that amount already.
Nick walks 300,000 steps for Christian Aid Week Rev Nick Garrard is walking 300,000 steps in May to raise money for Christian Aid, and help communities impacted by climate change.
Julian Bryant, Christian Aid’s Church Engagement Officer for Norfolk, explains: “This devastating climate crisis robs people of the water and food they need to live. They tell us that at times it even robs them of their children. That’s why it is so important that we, as the Church and individuals in the UK, make a difference to our global neighbours.”
Norfolk barn is focus for creative Christianity A barn in rural South Norfolk is a thriving focus for the arts and creative Christian spirituality, as well as a recording studio and a craft centre, all run by an ordained couple. Kevin Gotts reports.
The Barn is a former old carriage house at Rockland St Mary Rectory seven miles south east of Norwich and is the home of the former Burning Bush project. The Barn is a ministry run by Rev Canon Nick Garrard and his wife Rev Helen Garrard. At present the Barn fulfils several roles. It is a recording studio for services, an assembly line for children’s craft packs, and home to Art Café, which Nick explains, “The Art Café is a Wednesday morning online gathering where we contemplate a work of art or an artist and talk about all that intrigues and inspires us. We have conversations with artists, including the award-winning young Dutch artist Egbert Moddermann who recently joined us from Groeningen to share some of his paintings o
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