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That’s because growers have faced a labour shortfall, when many seasonal workers from eastern Europe were unable to reach the UK due to the pandemic. So instead, there has been a British recruitment drive, targeting inexperienced furloughed workers. As Martin Lines, of the Nature Friendly Farming Network says: “Fresh produce may not be as evenly...

While being excessively overweight can cause health issues, this is probably not the time for drastic measures, advises Joel Snape, Editor-at-Large on Men’s Fitness for the Daily Telegraph*. He says that while the effects of dieting on the immune systems are not fully understood, research on Olympic athletes has found that severe calorie restriction can...

– Abiding in Christ as seen in John 15 By Tony Horsfall, BRF, £8.99 This book will point you back to the simplicity of a life lived out of relationship with Jesus Christ. The branch bears fruit only because it abides in the vine. In John chapter 15, the famous ‘vine’ passage, Jesus is preparing...

The days of ‘hot desking’, sitting opposite one another, lending your colleagues a pen, or chatting while making tea together are over. Instead, when we get back to work, desks will be spaced out, and factory-style shift times may be introduced. “Coronavirus has turned everything upside down,” says Janet Pogue McLaurin, a Gensler workplace expert....

By Ronni Lamont, Monarch, £9.99 This book offers a window into the process going on inside our children and enables those who work with them to understand what makes a particular child ‘tick’. With insights into a range of teaching methods, learning styles and the unique spirituality of children, this book suggests how adults can...

Many churches today are using social media to hold public services – either together at the same time or uploaded so you can listen and watch at any time and worship in your home when it is convenient for you. I find that having a ‘prayer space’ when I join, as well as when I...

There is a Hasidic tale which evokes Deuteronomy 11:18, and seems especially apt for now: ‘The pupil comes to the rabbi and asks, “Why does Torah tell us to ‘place these words upon our hearts’? Why does it not tell us to place these holy words in our hearts?” ‘The rabbi answers, “It is because as we are, our...

The Royal Mail reports that 45 per cent of us have been receiving more parcels since lockdown began. 53 per cent of us say that receiving parcels has become more important to us, while just over a third of us even admit that receiving our parcels has become a highlight of our day. There is...

Boots has become one of the first high street stores to create ‘safe spaces’ to help victims of domestic abuse who need help during the coronavirus lockdown. The pharmacy chain, which is the biggest retailer of its kind in the UK, has opened consultation rooms in its 2,400 high street stores. People who have been...

The legend goes that St Christopher was a Canaanite who lived in the 3rd century.  He was a giant of a man, of fearsome appearance.  At first he decided to serve the devil, but when he discovered that the devil was afraid of Christ and His Cross, Christopher decided to serve Christ instead.  A nearby...

Jesus, fresh from His baptism and fired with His new calling, bursts into Galilee. Coming upon four fishermen working on the shore of the lake, He says to them, ‘Follow me’. Without further ado or even a second thought, they abandon what they’re doing (and in the case of two of them, James and John,...

The calendar allows us to celebrate St Thomas the apostle in this month of July as well as traditionally in December. Thomas is mentioned with the other disciples in all the Gospels, but it is in the fourth Gospel that he moves into the centre of the stage in his own right. In chapter 14...