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The Bishop of Norwich, Graham Usher, is to lead the Church of England’s Environment Programme with a charge to lead bold, deliberate, collaborative action across the Church to tackle the grave existential crises of climate change and biodiversity loss. Bishop Graham will work with the Mission and Public Affairs department of the Church of England,...

Here is something gruesome: last year the sale of DIY dentistry first aid kits nearly doubled. People actually attempted to give themselves lost fillings, caps and crowns. Most popular were products that offered ‘long-lasting’ temporary repair for caps and fillings, and a first aid kit. The British Dental Association understands why; because of lockdown, there...

The Archbishops’ Commission on Housing, Church and Community has recently issued a landmark report, Coming Home, about housing provision in the UK which calls for a national plan to tackle the crisis. Coming Home makes recommendations which the Church, government and others can collectively take to alleviate the crisis, including the role the Church Commissioners might...

With Holy Week and Easter in mind….  The following quote forms the entire text of a miniature book, which was hand-set and printed in 1963 by a Doris V Welsh, a former staff member of the Newberry Library in Chicago. No information about the book can be found in the essays and sermons of a...

– of the Golden Legend The Saint of an English Army before he was Patron Saint of England, St George may have been a soldier, but he was no Englishman. Some stories say that he was an officer in the Roman army under Diocletian, who refused to abandon his faith during the Terror, and was...

We have high expectations of the legal system. In criminal cases we want criminals punished and innocent people protected. I have been involved in many court hearings and all clients want a just result. Some disagree with the decisions, but few actually question the basic fairness of the legal system. As a lawyer, I have...

The Youth Wellbeing Journey is by young people for young people! HOPE Together and KingsGate Community Church have created the video series to run in tandem with the series for adults, to help young people go on the same Wellbeing Journey. Filmed from the perspective of four young people, it tackles six key areas of...

– and Hiccup and the dragon Have you seen the film How to Train your Dragon? It’s set in a Viking village under attack from dragons, who steal livestock and burn down houses. Hiccup, the village Chief’s son, invents a machine to capture dragons. However, when he catches one of the most dangerous dragons, he...

Five pupils in every classroom are now reckoned to be in need of some clinical support, due to lockdown mental health deterioration. A recent study by Cambridge University has found that the number of youngsters with mental health problems has increased from one in nine in 2017 to one in six in 2020. Another by...

The film How to Train your Dragon is set in a Viking village under attack by dragons, who steal livestock and burn down houses. Hiccup, the village Chief’s son, invents a machine to capture them. However, when he catches the most dangerous one, Night Fury, he cannot kill it. This is because when he looks...

Robert Walpole became the first British Prime Minister 300 years ago, on 3rd April 1721. It was a title he rejected, but historians agree that he effectively created that office for himself. He was one of the greatest politicians in British history, but he had intended to be a clergyman, until his older brother Edward...

The first findings from a nationwide study to capture carbon impacts in the Church of England have been published, a year on from a vote committing the Church to net-zero carbon emissions by 2030. The Energy Footprint Tool (EFT) is a simple dashboard which has been piloted by churches keen to reduce their carbon footprint. Data...