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Schools should teach younger children to brush their teeth properly.  So says the Faculty of Dental Surgery at the Royal College of Surgeons of England. Dentists say that teeth-cleaning sessions would ensure that those pupils who skipped the routine at home would at least be less likely to suffer major dental problems. As one dentist...

It was 75 years ago, on 22nd July 1946, that the King David Hotel bombing took place in Jerusalem. The Irgun – a militant right-wing Zionist group – bombed the hotel which housed the British administrative headquarters for Palestine, and 91 people were killed, with dozens more injured. The dead and injured were of many...

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,...

A Church of England bishop has recently called on the BBC to be more imaginative in its religious broadcasting. The Bishop of Ripon, Helen-Ann Hartley, urged the BBC to go beyond ‘preaching to the converted’ to producing documentaries and dramas that challenge and inform people’s world views. Writing in a recent edition of Radio Times,...

If you care about the publication, promotion and selling of Christian books, you will thoroughly enjoy Together magazine.  It is full of the latest news from Christian publishing houses, authors and booksellers, and full of encouragement to anyone wanting to promote Christian literature in their community. The first issue of Together was published way back...

Lady Diana Spencer – later Princess of Wales – was born 60 years ago, on 1st July 1961 at Sandringham in Norfolk. Twenty years later, on 29th July 1981, she married Prince Charles at St Paul’s Cathedral in London. She died in a car crash in Paris in 1997. Diana was not an academic child,...

Do you tend to avoid conflict?  When you feel stressed, do you crave sleep?  Then the Seven Sleepers of Ephesus would be good patron saints for you.  But – you may find it hard to copy their successful method of avoiding trouble! Legend has it that The Seven Sleepers were third century Christians who lived...

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The Church of England has published guidance for parishes and cathedrals amid concerns over memorials with links to slavery and other contested heritage. The new guidance enables churches and cathedrals to consider the history of the buildings and congregations, and to engage with everyone in their community to understand how physical artefacts may impact their...

Most of us have been in situations where we are not in control, and we don’t know how to feel or how to react to our situation. We need help. The most valuable gift you can have at those times – is time itself. Time to be ‘listened to’. Really listened to. But it is...

One in eight adults in the UK – that is about seven million of us – are at risk of problem gambling, according to a recent study by YouGov. While more than half of us bet money online or at events, 19 per cent of people were found to have at least one characteristic of...

I have had my walking boots for a few years now, and they have been faithful companions. We have walked many miles together during that time, on my daily walks as well as on holiday. They are partly responsible for my physical recovery after Covid-19, so they have a place in my heart. They fit...