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Richard Osman, game-show-host-turned-best-selling novelist, writes books in the genre called ‘cosy crime’. In these stories, a murder has been committed and a sleuth sets out to discover whodunnit. But this isn’t gritty noir. There’s usually a pleasant rural setting and an amateur detective, and the bloodless murder is rarely dwelt upon. Most importantly, there’s a...

The number of children caught committing crimes has risen by nine per cent in just the past year. Altogether, the number of under-18s who have been arrested for all crimes has risen by 16 per cent since the beginning of the pandemic in 2020. It now stands at nearly 60,000. Crimes of violence, robbery and...

Scientists have long known that mental resilience, or our ability to bounce back in the face of trouble and adversity, has a powerful effect on us for the good. Such resilience has been linked to preventing disease, keeping chronic illnesses at bay, and helping us recover after trauma. Now it seems that our capacity to...

Andrew, whose feast day ends the Christian year on 30th November, is probably best known to us as the patron saint of Scotland, though his only connection with the country is that some of his bones were reputedly transported in the 8th century to Fife and preserved at a church in a place now named...

The number of students entering the Church Mission Society (CMS) Pioneer Mission Training programme has this year risen to record levels, enhanced by the enrolment of a cohort of students from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). At a time when many Christian training colleges are struggling to attract new students, a total of 45...

‘I will praise you O God with all my heart; before the gods I will sing YOUR praise.’  Psalm 138:1 You were spoilt for choice when it came to choosing a god, back in the Psalmist’s day. If you were into power and control, try Molech. A god of the Ammonite people, Molech commanded that...

The House of Bishops has given its support to proposed changes to the process of nominating future diocesan bishops to the Crown, to simplify the process and help enable a broad representation. The House, which is made up of the diocesan bishops and other senior bishops in the Church of England – agreed to ask...

War Cries Walter’s War Forgotten Warrior Living Through Bereavement Wounded I Sing Women of the Nativity The Love That Moves the Sun Embracing Humanity My Big Story Bible ** War Cries By Mark Davidson, SPCK £10.99 This collection of military prayers, produced for a wide Christian readership, may be useful for anyone wanting to join...

How do you regard your local café?  As a place to meet your friends and catch up on the local news? Or as your office, where you do emails, hold Zoom meetings and work for hours – all for the price of a cappuccino? It seems that across the country, local cafés are being invaded...

Sundays of the Month 6th October     19th Sunday after Trinity 13th October   20th Sunday after Trinity 20th October   21st Sunday after Trinity 27th October   22nd Sunday after Trinity / Bible Sunday 3rd November  4th Sunday before Advent   High Days & Holy Days Editor:  As saints don’t go away, we add to them each year...

Think of Piccadilly Circus, and that small statue of the angel poised with bow and arrow. Most people think it stands for Eros.  It does not. It stands for Anteros, his brother, the god of selfless love.  It is a memorial to the greatest Christian Victorian philanthropist, politician and social reformer of his generation –...