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Not many years ago lonely mothers would head for each other’s homes or to the local toddler group for coffee, sympathy, advice and general camaraderie. These days, most also switch on the computer. For many busy mums, parenting forums and communities have long been their best friend/mother-figure/health visitor/schoolteacher, all lumped into one. One young mum...

The Church of England is awarding £5 million over the next three years to the Disability Project as part of its commitment to the participation of deaf, disabled and neurodivergent people in the life of the Church. The Disability Project is to receive funding for a series of programmes between 2026 and 2028 including leadership...

The Earth Hour 2026 takes place on Saturday 28th March, when at 8.30pm in their local time millions of people worldwide will turn off their non-essential lights for one hour. Organised by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), the 20th anniversary of this global initiative will aim to raise awareness of the earth’s climate crisis, and...

Editor:  Lent is the time for spiritual self-examination, for taking stock of oneself before God.  With that in mind…. God requires a faithful fulfilment of the merest trifle given us to do, rather than the most ardent aspiration to things to which we are not called. – St Francis de Sales Holiness consists of doing...

The daughters of baronets don’t usually choose to work with prostitutes and orphans, but Harriet Monsell was no ordinary woman. She was born in 1811 into one of Ireland’s oldest families. Her father, Sir Edward O’Brien, was 4th Baronet of Dromoland, and represented his county Clare in Parliament. Harriet married Charles Monsell, an Anglican clergyman...

The idea that grandmothers retire into an unburdened world of gardening and tea-drinking, golf and knitting is no more than a pleasant fantasy these days. Instead, nearly 63% of grandparents provide some sort of childcare to their under-16-year-old grandchildren. That amounts to around seven million older people, aged mostly between 55 – 74. As many...

 As of the 18th of this month, The Dogs (Protection of Livestock) (Amendment) Act 2025 will become law for England and Wales. This means that police officers can seize dogs which pose a risk of repeated attacks on farm animals. It also means that dog walkers now face unlimited fines if their pets chase livestock....

Rupert is the saint for you if you like The Sound of Music – or salt with your food! Rupert (d c 710) was bishop of Worms and Salzburg, and it was he who founded the great monastery of St Peter in Salzburg in the eighth century, thus firmly establishing Christianity in that city. True,...

Last month we began our Lenten journey with ashes on Ash Wednesday, reminding us of our beginning and our ending; soon we will conclude that time with Christ’s resurrection on Easter Sunday. Such a relatively short time for so great a distance. I’m reminded of this by the opening words used in Church of England...

The availability of technology creating sexualised deepfakes of real people is “truly appalling” from a Christian perspective, the Bishop of Oxford, Steven Croft, has said. Bishop Steven, who leads for the Church of England on AI and technology, was speaking after warnings that criminals appear to have been using the Grok tool, which is linked...

The artwork for a striking new mural in Paisley to commemorate the bravery of a Scot who died in Auschwitz has been unveiled.  Jane Haining was the matron of the Scottish Mission School in Budapest, Hungary during the Second World War and refused to abandon Jewish girls in her care. She was arrested in April...

The nation’s favourite dog show returns to the NEC this month, from 5th to 8th March. Organised by The Kennel Club, Crufts attracts more than 20,000 dogs from 49 different countries. They will be watched by 150,000 people, and over eight million TV viewers via Channel 4, More4 and All4 broadcasts. This year Crufts is...