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Five hundred years ago, on 20th September 1519, Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan led a Spanish expedition to the East Indies that turned into the first circumnavigation of the world in 1522. Magellan was a minor Portuguese noble serving the crown until King Manuel I refused to support his bid to reach India by a new...

September is the time of year when we get back to normal routine after the summer break. It’s an opportunity to ask how God wants us to make the most of the time He gives us. Although we can’t always choose how we use our time, we can control our attitude towards it. How can...

All around, confusion, All around, helplessness, People lost in the bad news of every day. Longing for purpose, Searching for security and significance Here in the white field of our generation.   The harvest is still great, The workers are still few, But the Lord of the harvest Is the same Yesterday, today and forever,...

By Carolyn Nystrom, IVP, £3.99 Ask a woman about love and you are likely to hear about heartbreak. Ask about her identity, and shame and frustration leak out. Ask about rest and enjoyment, and you will hear laments about time and busyness. We live a small fraction of the life God has for us. The...

The origins of the iconic British retail chain Marks & Spencer (often known as M&S) were laid 125 years ago, on 28th September 1894, when Michael Marks, a Polish Jewish immigrant, acquired his first permanent stall in Leeds covered market and invited Thomas Spencer to become his business partner. Ten years earlier Marks had opened...

Expecting Him, my door was open wide: Then I looked round If any lack of service might be found, And saw Him at my side: How entered, by what secret stair, I know not, knowing only He was there. By TE Brown (1830 -97)

By Canon David Winter  What is an angel? Easy, people think: a shining figure with glorious wings, who appears from time to time to do some mighty work for God or bring a very special message from him. Well, that’s right in one sense (apart from the wings, which owe more to stained glass windows...

It was 65 years ago, on 29th September 1954, that CERN (the European Organization for Nuclear Research) was established in Geneva, Switzerland.  It actually straddles the Swiss/French border. It originated from a vision by a small number of top scientists for a world-class physics research facility in Europe, partly to stop the brain drain to...

He CAME from the Glory, the Holy One Down Heaven’s stairway to a bed of straw, From the realms of splendour and blazing light He left riches behind and for us became poor.   He SAW His creation now spoilt and marred, But it was for this reason He came to earth, His great love...

A pond – even a small one – is the most important thing you can do for the wildlife in your garden.  So says Kate Bradbury, a presenter of the BBC nature show, SpringWatch. The problem is that the number of ponds in Britain has halved since the 1950s.  The effect on wildlife has been...

This summer we celebrated the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing, and in October we mark the 60th anniversary of the Soviet space probe, Luna 3, sending back the first images of the far side of the Moon. Those of us who grew up in an age when ‘astronaut’ was a career option (albeit a pretty...

If you want to improve your health and higher psychological well-being, spend at least 120 minutes a week in a park, woodland, country park, beach or elsewhere in nature. Recent research at Exeter University found that people who spend at least two hours a week walking among trees, listening to birdsong, and engaging with nature...