The Tablet Interview (31 August) with the daughter of the Anglican Bishop of Liverpool reminds me of an occasion when I realised that David Sheppard’s contributions towards Christian unity were not mere words. When David Sheppard retired, he, with his wife Grace, joined a local choir of which I was already a member. David once told me that he was preparing to go down to a Catholic church in London for the baptism of his first grandson, since his daughter had married a Catholic. When he r