The Portal September 2014 | Page 22

THE P RTAL September 2014 Page 22 Asking for it Petitionary prayer has many problems ... Antonia Lynn examines them and finds fewer than we might think. I n one of the scurrilously brilliant Julian and Sandy sketches from the 1960s radio series Round the Horne, Kenneth Horne visits the Bona Gift Boutique. As he browses the shelves, Hugh Paddick’s character, Julian, counsels (in a tone which suggests that this is part of his philosophy of life),