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October 2022 October 2022
BISHOP’S LETTER PURBECK FILM FESTIVAL

By The Rt Revd Andrew Operation Mincemeat
Rumsey, Bishop of A reminder that ‘Operation Mincemeat’ (certificate
Ramsbury 12A) will be this year’s Purbeck Film Festival showing at
Briantspuddle Village Hall on Friday 21 October.
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‘The past is a foreign country: they
do things differently there’, as This unlikely, but true, story of Naval intelligence
novelist L.P. Hartley famously began convincing the Germans that the Allies intended to
his affecting tale The Go-Between. invade Greece and Sardinia rather than Sicily is very
The momentous events in our nation well directed, skilfully acted and with some very clever
during September have reminded us special effects. The film credits the ruse of floating a
how elastic time can be – and how corpse with misleading papers to be found by the
a mere day or two can become Germans off the coast of Spain to one Ian Fleming –
elongated by significance, so that who of course went on to create his own entirely fictional spy. Running through
the time before appears remote the story of deception are tales of love and loyalty, at an individual and
and indeed foreign to us. governmental level. The film is based on the book of the same name by Ben
Macintyre.
The Psalmist asks God to teach us how to number our days, that we may apply
our hearts to wisdom, with the inference that we should understand both the The cast includes Colin Firth, Matthew Macfadyen, Kelly Macdonald, Penelope
constraints and gifts of our allotted time span and turn to the one who holds these Wilton, Simon Russell Beale and Jason Isaacs.
days in his hand. As the seasons shift, the Christian year adopts a memorial tone, Tickets are £6.50 or £5.00 for students and under 25s. They can be ordered through
as we prepare to look back in thanksgiving for all those God has given us as the Purbeck Film Festival website – www.purbeckfilm.com. Alternatively contact
examples of good and holy life. This leads naturally from Harvest or Creationtide me - tel: 01929 472724 or lesley.wilcox2@btinternet.com - and I will see if I can
as those weeks are increasingly known, when we offer up in gratitude all we have help. Any spare tickets can be bought on the night.
received.
The doors will open at 7.00pm. There will be no interval but a bar and teas,
The approaching winter is feared this year by some and will doubtless bring coffees and ice creams will be available before the film starts at 7.30pm. Do
hardships to many cross the country, with escalating costs of heating and food. come along to support the Film Festival and your village hall and see an excellent
Communities will not only need material relief during these months, but the kind of film.
spiritual resilience that comes from strong bonds of neighbourhood and a deep,
prayerful reliance on God. A few people in a parish cheerfully living this way can Lesley Wilcox
have a wonderful, luminous effect, lighting the onward path for others. So may
Christ inspire each of us to ‘do things differently’, not only in the past, but in the
weeks to come.
+Andrew.

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