SOME OF THE BEST public spaces in the world have chronically bad public address or sound systems, often despite their best efforts. Best efforts have been applied in our parish church’s audio department for years but our own system, when not broadcasting local taxi-drivers or squealing feedback has, at best, behaved extremely erratically and terribly irritatingly!

Today I want to take up a megaphone and announce to our parishioners that for the first time in six years I’m pretty confident that we’ve found the right supplier and the right system for a new start come the Autumn of this year. Even a mandolin’s tones sounded pristeen through the on-site demonstration. I’ll keep you posted. Meanwhile I’m staying on my knees …