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The Revd. Taylor was a sixteenth century Hadleigh priest martyred for speaking out against the establishment of his day. This is a regular column that channels one resident's inner Rowland, but which seeks to avoid the martyrdom bit.
For decades now, Hadleigh has been punching so far beneath its political weight that it if it were a human it would be a seven-stone, asthmatic weakling with a victim syndrome to boot.