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Seventy years ago, on 2nd June 1953, the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II took place at Westminster Abbey. It was the first event where the British TV audience (20 million) was greater than the radio audience (12 million). It helped to make television a mainstream medium, though it did not deter the many thousands –...

It was 75 years ago, on 21st June 1948, that the passenger ship HMT Empire Windrush docked in London, bringing the first large group of immigrants from the West Indies to the UK. It was a result of the British Government’s invitation to people from Commonwealth countries to settle in Britain and help rebuild the...

In a recently published report (‘Love Matters’), the Archbishops’ Commission on Families & Households has made a series of recommendations about how families and households can best flourish. It calls on institutions – from the Church of England to the Government – to put ‘family’ at the centre of their thinking; and individuals – whether...

Bible Society says it is “excited” to be sponsoring a garden based on Psalm 27 at the RHS Flower Show Tatton Park in July. Psalm 27 is a profound meditation on loss, fear and faith. Inspired by designer Ollie Pike’s reflections on burial grounds – “scenes of sadness, but also of hope and spiritual refreshment”...

Alban was the very first Christian martyr in Britain – or at least the first we know of. A ‘martyr’ is someone who has died for the faith – the word literally means ‘witness’. He was probably killed during the persecution under the emperor Diocletian in the early years of the fourth century, in the...

Ever since early times it has always been necessary for something to be locked up. Keys, in all kinds of shapes and sizes, have been needed to protect valuable commodities from thieves. Also, when people had to be punished or protected from others, they were confined in prisons with suitable locks and keys. Apparently, the...

Just 125 years ago, on 9th June 1898, Britain leased Hong Kong from China for 99 years, and it became a British Crown Colony. It was transferred back to China in 1997. The original contract was arranged to ensure that the territory could be defended efficiently. Claude MacDonald, the British representative in the talks, said...

The growing death toll among Christians in Nigeria is now in the tens of thousands. Recent reports have put the number of Christians killed in attacks by terrorists and militants at between 30,000 and 50,000. And the violence continues unabated. The Stefanos Foundation, which has been working in Nigeria for 20 years to help victims...

Helping a stranger in need Alban should be the patron saint of anyone who impulsively offers to help a stranger in need… and finds their own life turned upside down as a result. The story goes that Alban was a Roman citizen quietly living in England in the third century.  Then, miles away in Rome,...

Dioceses, parishes, and other Church networks are being invited to submit applications for funding to help implement the recommendations of a landmark report into racial justice in the Church of England. A newly-formed panel approved by the Archbishops’ Council will decide on grants to fund work aimed at ensuring the recommendations of From Lament to Action,...

Nowadays people are generally not in hospital for long. Even a major operation only earns you a few days’ stay in one of their beds. With almost embarrassing enthusiasm they get you out of bed, walk you up and down the ward and duly announce that you’re ‘well enough to go home’. Visiting the recovering...

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