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- This year it takes place 7th to 31st August. The largest arts festival in the world, it is made up of thousands of arts and cultural events which together attract the same number of people as a World Cup. This year, it will feature a total of 3,649 distinct shows and 53,884 individual performances across 258...Things to know about the Edinburgh Festival Fringe
- The Church of England Pensions Board is 100 years old this year. It has been pointed out that this means it is still younger than the oldest living members of the scheme, while the newest members will be receiving their pensions into the 22nd century. The Pensions Board was created in 1926, and it asked...Church of England Pensions Board at 100
- 75 per cent of professional football clubs across England and Wales have Christian players in their first-team squads. That is according to a recent study commissioned by Christians in Sport. The study, supported by Eido Research, also revealed the extent of Christian activities taking place within elite football: 75 per cent of clubs within the...‘Strong Christian presence in elite football’ – new research
- After the Bible, John Bunyan’s wonderful Christian allegory, the Pilgrim’s Progress, is one of the most celebrated and widely-read books in the English language. It has been translated into more than one hundred languages around the world and keeps its place as a Christian classic. Names of people and places from its pages have been...30th August – John Bunyan, the man who wrote Pilgrim’s Progress
- About noon the following day, Peter went up on the roof to pray… (Acts 10 9) This is a special passage for me, as it was the first one I read as part of Scripture Union reading notes at the age of 13. It fits in neatly with the theme of how people in Bible times...Church is cool place to be
- At this time of year, we enjoy the fruits of our gardens, fields and hedgerows: vegetables ripen, crops are harvested, and berries begin to show bright among the leaves. Much of this growth started with a few seeds in spring: the miracle of life coming from small dead-looking things. There is a league table of...Parable: The Strength of a Seed
- Trains are soaring in popularity. We are taking more railway journeys now than we have for 100 years. In just April and May last year alone, we made a staggering 1.83 billion journeys by rail, according to the Office of Rail and Road (ORR). That is the highest level of train usage since 1920, when...We love our trains – when they finally arrive
- In what he believes could be a world first, a musician associated with the Rivers Team, in Sheffield, has put the entire New Testament into song, word for word. The Sing Bible has been a self-funded labour of love for Rob Bromehead, who wanted to “help people hear Scripture in a new and memorable way”. He says: “I...Musician puts New Testament into song
- Editor: This month many newly ordained clergy will be settling into parishes across the country. So, with them in mind, we offer some old ‘new curate jokes’…. Whispers A young curate lost his voice at the local football match one Saturday and, being due to preach the next morning, he thought he should call in...Smile-lines
- Here you can download ALL of the editorial for August in one document.ALL EDITORIAL for August 2026
- If you like allotments, then this week is for you. It raises awareness of the very practical good that renting an allotment can do, in both providing space to grow your own food, but also in encouraging more connectedness with your immediate community. This year the theme is ‘Grow to Learn – Lifelong Lessons from...National Allotment Week – 10th to 16th August
- Someone driving TOWARDS you, at speed. You may think that is a next to impossible thing to have happen, but recent National Highways figures reveal that last year 947 drivers managed to drive the WRONG way down the motorway, straight into the path of oncoming vehicles. That is an average of 18 a week. And...What is the scariest thing you can see on a motorway?