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Keep your dogs on a lead around livestock, or it could be seized by the police. Under laws being drawn up, police will be given more powers to seize and detain dogs who they believe have ‘terrorised livestock’ on farms. The move follows increasing tensions in rural communities since Covid produced many unsocialised ‘lockdown puppies.’...

Britain had its first Prime Minister (PM) in 1721 when Sir Robert Walpole took the job; he was a Whig. In total thus far we have had 81 Prime Ministers; this excludes First Ministers and doesn’t count separately an existing PM who wins the election and continues in office. If s/he loses but subsequently wins another...

A retreat house on the Holy Island of Lindisfarne is in big trouble. It is very wet! After years of winter wind, gales, and endless rain, the property is suffering extensive damp. Many thousands of people will know Marygate House, which has served visitors to the island since 1970. It is now run by a...

Do you ever take pain killers? If so, do you take one for your shoulder, and another one for you knee? Of course not – once the painkiller enters your bloodstream, it goes everywhere, soothing and damping down the pain, and hitting all the right spots. God works a bit like that on the pain...

Ignatius came from a noble Basque family in north-east Spain. Born in 1491 in his family’s castle near Loyala, he was sent to serve as a page at the court of King Ferdinand V of Castile. Ignatius entered military service, but was wounded in 1521, at the French siege of Pamplona. While convalescing, he read...

Sundays of the Month Editor: For your convenience, here are the names of the Sundays in June, at a glance. 2nd June                First Sunday after Trinity 9th June                 Second Sunday after Trinity 16th June              Third Sunday after Trinity 23rd June              Fourth Sunday after Trinity 30th June              Fifth Sunday after Trinity ** High Days & Holy...

For your convenience, here are the names of the Sundays in June, at a glance. 2nd June First Sunday after Trinity 9th June Second Sunday after Trinity 16th June Third Sunday after Trinity 23rd June Fourth Sunday after Trinity 30th June Fifth Sunday after Trinity

…. the first ever Christian philosopher Justin Martyr (c. 100 – 165), is regarded as the first ever Christian philosopher. He was born at Nablus, Samaria, to parents of Greek origin, and was well educated in rhetoric, poetry and history before he turned to philosophy. He studied at Ephesus and Alexandria and tried the schools...

… a good saint when you’re all at sea Do you like messing about in boats? If so, then you’ll have heard of St Elmo’s Fire. It is the light that is sometimes seen on mastheads of boats after storms at sea. St Elmo is another name for St Erasmus, a fourth century Syrian bishop...

… defying the Kabaka The Ugandan Church had dozens of martyrs within just ten years of Christianity arriving there. At first, it had gone so well:  the first Anglican missionaries arriving in Uganda in 1877 were welcomed by the Kabaka (king) of Buganda, Mutesa. Mutesa also welcomed the Roman Catholics and Muslim Arabs, and, being...

… the founder of Padstow If you would like to be in Cornwall this summer in search of peace and quiet, Petroc is the saint for you. Especially if you used to find Padstow a bit too crowded for your liking! He would have sympathised. This 6th century abbot is Cornwall’s most famous saint. Petroc...

Boniface is the saint for all preachers and teachers who wonder if they can make a lasting difference to anyone’s life. For this monk-teacher from Crediton went on to become the apostle to Germany, and is considered to have been the most influential Englishman in the history of Europe. Boniface began life as Wynfrith, when...