Alkham, Capel & Hougham Churches

One of the joys of retirement, according to 80’s pop star turned radio presenter, writer, Strictly contestant and now retired parish priest the Reverend Richard Coles, is being able to stand back from the church’s debates. “When one erupts,” he wrote not long ago, “it’s like walking past a pub you used to drink in and seeing someone throw a chair through the window: startling, but not your problem.”