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Plug-in vacuum cleaners are still more effective than the latest cordless ones. So says Which?  In tests, corded models picked up an average of 70 per cent of dust on a carpet, compared to the cordless models’ average of just 41 per cent.  In fact, Which? found more than a third of the cordless models...

Do you have a matching three-piece suite?  Oh dear!  John Lewis is no longer even offering them ready made; customers must now specifically request them.  Nowadays just two percent of searches on the John Lewis website are for three-piece suites, as we increasingly choose mismatched furniture for our living rooms. And we are getting bolder...

By Rachael Newham ‘It begins slowly, so slowly that I hardly notice at first. My chest tightens and my heart begins to beat a fraction faster. I try to draw breath, but instead I choke on oxygen I can’t inhale. As I realise that I can’t breathe, the panic wraps itself around me… I can’t...

Do you, or don’t you?  Many of us feel reluctant to admit that we would like to do it, even if usually we do not.  Have a snooze after lunch, that is. A 20-minute nap seems to work wonders – many studies find that people awake feeling refreshed, with their energy levels renewed and with...

Love the flowers in your garden just now?  Why not preserve them?  The art of preserving flowers was very popular in Victorian times, and it is still good fun. It is an inexpensive hobby, for all you really need are some small flowers, some paper and a weight. Start with something simple like buttercups, daisies,...

The Truth of the Ascension From the Vicar The Beatitudes: ‘Blessed are those who mourn’ Exam time The call to maturity What’s in your name?  Looking up into Heaven The story behind the hymn: ‘Alleluia, Alleluia! Give Thanks to the Risen Lord’ ** Editor:  The Rev Paul Hardingham considers a much-neglected event… The Truth of...

Cathedrals to mark moon landing anniversary Knife Angel sculpture installed at Coventry Cathedral Funding cuts putting children at risk, says charity Church of England appoints champion for lay ministries Bishop and MP welcome marriage registration changes by Parliament Response to Royal College of Physicians announcement on assisted dying Bishop backs call for rural strategy Celebrations...

Editor:  As the Church’s year does not change, much of this material has appeared before.  The item on Comgall is new. 1                      May Day 1                      Philip the Apostle/James the Less 2                      Athanasius 8                      Julian of Norwich 9                      Pachomius New*10          Comgall 14                    Matthias the Apostle – called by lots 16                    Caroline Chisholm 19                    Dunstan...

‘While He was blessing them, Jesus left them and was taken up into heaven.’ (Luke 24:51). The Ascension is a hugely neglected festival, which deserves to have a bigger place in our church life. How do we understand it? The Ascension tells us that Jesus is in control: ‘Jesus has gone into heaven and is...

May is the month when the ancient pagans used to get up to ‘all sorts’!  The Romans held their festival to honour the mother-goddess Maia, goddess of nature and growth.  (May is named after her.)  The early Celts celebrated the feast of Beltane, in honour of the sun god, Beli. For centuries in ‘Olde England’...

The Ascension is a hugely neglected festival, which deserves to have a bigger place in our church life. How do we understand it? The Ascension tells us that Jesus is in control: ‘Jesus has gone into heaven and is at God’s right hand’ (1 Peter 3:22). Jesus occupies the top spot in the universe; the...

Space suits, meteorite fragments and a giant sculpture of the moon are to be displayed in one of the Church of England’s ancient cathedrals as part of celebrations to mark the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing. A lit art installation, Museum of the Moon, by artist Luke Jerram, with detailed NASA imagery of the...