Archive - Selected Index
CHAIRMAN: EAST REGION, COUNCIL FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF ARAB-BRITISH UNDERSTANDING.
4/9/75 Eastern Evening News UK
5/11/75 Free Palestine
Nov 75 Tatler
20/11/75 Arab Voice
6/1/78 Eastern Daily Press
Michael Wynne-Parker with Lord Caradon, United Nations, 1976
CHAIRMAN NORWICH CONSERVATIVE CANDIDATES COMMITTEE
7/8/76 EDP
16/9/76 EDP
15/7/77 Eastern Evening News
CHAIRMAN. EAST REGION OF THE ENGLISH SPEAKING UNION
26/10/77 EDP
7/12/78 EDP
12/5/82 EEN
13/12/83 EDP "Russia as 1984 Ally"
Michael Wynne-Parker with the Depty Lord Mayor of Norwich and the Yemini envoy, 1977
PRINCIPAL SECRETARY AND RECEIVER GENERAL of the MONARCHIST LEAGUE
27/5/78 London Times
11/1/79 Daily Mirror UK
23/2/79 The Australian
14/2/79 London Evening Standard
10/8/79 International Herald Tribune
11/8/89 International Herald Tribune
CO-FOUNDER and GOVERNOR of MENCAP CITY FOUNDATION (with Lord Rix and others)
1/4/82 EDP
1/4/82 London TIMES
3/4/82 Financial Times
4/4/82 Sunday Observer UK
CO-FOUNDER and CHAIRMAN of ESU of SRI LANKA (with Dr Terence Amerasingh)19/2/84 Sri Lanka Sunday Observer
21/2/84 London TIMES
29/2/84 Sri Lanka Daily News
7/6/88 Sri Lanka Daily News
5/2/89 Sri Lanka Sunday Observer
22/7/90 Sri Lanka Weekend N.B
Michael Wynne-Parker with Hammond Innes, author and Count Nicholai Tolstoy, author. Bury St.Edmunds, UK 1984
GOVERNOR ESU OF THE COMMONWEALTH
16/12/85 EDP
PRESIDENT ESU OF SOUTH ASIA
6/2/86 Times of India
8/2/86 The Rising Nepal
17/2/87 Sri Lanka Daily News
12/3/87 Sri Lanka The Island
27/1/88 Sri Lanka Daily Observer
5/4/92 Sri Lanka Sunday Observer
CHAIRMAN ESU APPEAL
11/3/87 EDP
11/3/87 London Times
May 87 Harpers and Queen
Nov 87 Harpers and Queen
Jan 88 Harpers and Queen
16/3/88 Daily Mail UK
1/5/88 Mail On Sunday
PUBLICATION OF BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER (first edition)
Some Reviews: 27/7/89 Daily Mail
Nov 89 Harpers and Queen
Nov 89 Contempory Review
Dec 89 Overseas
11/2/90 Sri Lanka Sunday Observer
October 90 Asian Affairs
VISIT OF PRESIDENT JR JAYAWARDENE to the UK
20/11/89 EDP
Nov 89 Silvarrow
16/11/89 Daily Telegraph
16/11/89 London Times
16/11/89 Independent UK
OPENING OF THE NEW ESU HQ IN COLOMBO by President Premadasa and Former President Jayawardene
2/2/90 Sri Lanka Daily News
4/2/90 Sri Lanka Sunday Observer
7/2/90 Sri Lanka Daily News
8/2/90 Sri Lanka Island
8/2/90 Sri Lanka Daily News
11/2/90 Sri Lanka Sunday Observer
TAJIKISTAN AND TAJIK AIR
10/3/94 London Times
Michael Wynne-Parker with Prime Minister Samadov of Tajikistan and Lord Rix 1991
CHAIRMAN:GUILD OF TRAVEL AND TOURISM
15/12/2000 London Times Court Circular and Social Page
04/04/2001 London Times Court Circular and Social Page
21/03/2002 London Times Court Circular and Social Page
17/12/2002 London Times Court Circular and Social Page
03/12/2003 London Times Court Circular and Social Page
27/05/2004 London Times Court Circular and Social Page
12/02/2005 London Times Court Circular and Social Page
21/07/2005 Daily Telegraph
09/12/2005 Daily Telegraph
10/02/2006 Daily Telegraph
17/03/2006 Daily Telegraph
04/05/2006 Daily Telegraph
18/07/2006 Daily Telegraph
04/10/2006 Daily Telegraph
17/07/2007 Daily Telegraph
15/10/2007 Daily Telegraph, Court and Social page.
14/12/2007 Daily Telegraph, Court and Social page.
19/02/2008 Daily Telegraph Court and Social
20/03/2008 Daily Telegraph Court and Social
18/06/2008 Daily Telegraph Court and Social
03/10/2008 Daily Telegraph Court and Social
16/12/2008 Daily Telegraph Court and Social
Michael Wynne-Parker with HRH Prince Michael of Kent, Livadia Palace, Crimea, April 2002
HRH Prince Mohammad of Jordan, Royal Palace, Amman, 2002
TRUSTEE OF THE SUMMER WATSON TRUST (with HRH Prince Andrew and Paul Gulbenkian)
April 2001 Tatler
28/10/ 2001 Mail on Sunday
Michael Wynne-Parker with HRH Prince Andrew and Valerie Mitchell, Dartmouth House, London
ESTONIA
19/5/2002 Mail on Sunday--Property potential in Estonia
Talv 2003 Kroonika-illustrated article .
Hecho A Mano Magazine - Schlossle Hotel Cigar Club Launch, May 2004
Michael Wynne-Parker with Kristina Oljand and Irina Korgesaar - Presidential Boat, Tallinn, July 2005
SELECTION OF LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
6/2/78 The Times Intercommunion
21/1/78 EDP PLO
21/4/80 EDP Arab Protest
19/12/81 The Times Church Unity
21/9/85 EDP National Service
4/4/86 The Times Moves to Rome
OBITURARIES
19-03-85 The Times The Marquess of Bristol
12-03-08 Lives in Brief. Lord Pym. The Times.
GENERAL
January 2006 From Russia With Love (magazine) Review of Reflections in Middle Years
May 2006 JUST (magazine) Interview
August 2006 NEW STYLE (Russian magazine, London) Interview.
From Russia With Love, Vol 2 August 2007 Interview.
Career Magazine,(Estonian Magazine in russian) September 2007 Interview.
October 2009, Baltic Times-Interview.
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Speech outline: Rhodes Forum October 8th 2011
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RELIGIOUS AND CIVILIZATIONAL TRADITIONS IN A DIALOGUE FOR PEACE
Of prime importance is the problem of definition in this fast moving and interactive age.
For example what do we mean by civilization? For some it refers to the basis of man´s highest cultural aspiration; it is often understood as material prosperity, in contrast to barbarianism,with little reference to spiritual evolution. There is also the problem of the inadequacy(and danger)of words to describe religious experience. In any dialogue definition must be clarified.
Thus I will turn to the safer world of observation.
We can all clearly observe the following significant changes taking place-and these are only some:
-The secular world is disintegrating leading to general insecurity.And in some cases fear and panic.
-There is a general decline in respect for politicians.
-There is a lack of inspired leadership on the part of Western Christian leaders(with the exception of
the present Pope.)
-The decline of Western Christianity especially in the EU.Inovation replacing Tradition.
-The attack on traditional Christian values and symbols.
-The serious economic and political problems of the EU.
-The so called ´Arab Spring`
-The rise of Islam.
-The rise of Russian Orthodoxy.
-The rise of the English language as the universal language of communication.
Each of the above observations should be seen in the context of history without which there can be little understanding
Historically fundamentals do not change:
-Civilizations rise and fall.Paul Kennedy in The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers shows the interconnectedness of economic strengh,military might,imperial reach-and over reach.For example see the USA in this context...
-Religion at it´s best inspires to good, and at it´s worst incites fanaticism.Do we ever learn?
SOCIAL AWAKENING AND RELIGIOUS TRADITION
-Christians and other religious peoples should vigorously confute Dawkins claim that scientific evolution inevitably implies there is no God.There are many distinguished scientists who are also believers-Planck,Einstein,Thaxton,Humphries,Stannard etc etc.
-We should defend religious Traditions.Symbolism speaks to man´s deepest yearnings. Jung said,´No science will ever replace myth,and myth cannot be made out of science.For it is not that God is a myth but that myth is the revelation of a divine life in man....`
-Respect for religious Tradition leads to respect for human value.
Religious Tradition is the antithesis of Fundermentalism. When religion departs from it´s source it breeds fanaticism/fundermentalism hence the need to rediscover the origins of one´s Faith-namely the Source leading to a balance in life.
My personal experience of extremes in religion and their negative effect includes an encounter with Buddhist monks in Sri Lanka during the early stages of the Civil War.And we all know of examples of fundamentalists in Christianity and Islam.
My personal experience of the balancing effect of religion has been within the Russian Orthodox
context and the encounter with Theosis-God becoming man so that man might become God thereby enabling him to fulfill his potential.
The remarkable rise of Russian Orthodoxy, despite the determined attempt of atheistic communism to stamp it out,has implications for Western Europe. The green shoots of TRADITIONAL Christianity appeal, to the amazement of Western humanists,to the younger generation. For Orthodoxy does not try to define or rely on words but is a living experience.
We urgently need a realistic dialogue between all the world religious leaders based on common principles:
-Religion is not in conflict with science.
-Reverence for God-and Traditional religion-leads to an understanding of and respect for universal laws.
-The universal laws are summed up: Love for God=respect for others.(These numerous laws are as real as scientific laws in their application and should be taught to all children)
-The sincere practice of one´s own Faith should not imply disrespect for the religious Traditions of other Faiths.
-Peaceful co-exsistence will ensue when all religions,political systems and cultures,being true to their own traditions,respect the traditions of others and inspire their followers and peoples to do likewise.