Viewing all items in Resource Category: Editorial

We see them, off and on, all summer: cricket bats. But did you ever wonder how they are made? The timber comes from mature willow trees, each of which should give about 30 bats. It is first cut into rounds, and clefts are split out. Each cleft is then rough sawn, and waxed at the...

The Bishop of London, Sarah Mullally, the Church of England’s lead bishop for health and social care, has recently responded to the Government impact assessments on the bill to introduce assisted suicide in England and Wales. The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), together with the Ministry of Justice, had published a main assessment...

All in the month of July The ‘father’ of modern British policing The great flood of China The July 2005 bombings of London Don’t Step on a Bee Day – 10th July The danger of electric cars< Murder World is more violent than ever Rise in older shoplifters ** Editor:  We continue our column that...

More than 11,000 people have so far participated in the consultations for the next Archbishop of Canterbury. It was carried out online, by post and in person between February and March this year. The public consultation was a unique opportunity to influence the future of leadership within the Church, helping to discern the gifts, skills...

 It was: 250 years ago, on 1st July 1775 that the British Parliament brought in the New England Restraining Act. This forbade its North American colonies from trading with anyone other than Britain, Ireland, and the British West Indies. The colonies were also forbidden to fish in the Atlantic without permission. 175 years ago, on...

James and his brother John were sons of Zebedee and fishermen from Galilee – the ‘sons of thunder’, as the gospel writers describe their impetuous characters and fiery tempers. James stands out on three accounts: he was one of the three disciples who witnessed the Transfiguration of Christ.  Jesus took him, along with Peter and...

Students have been sharing their experiences of what first drew them to become Christians, and go on to speak about a “noticeable” increase in faith among Generation Z, in a recent national online service. The students, Tegan and Gus, had began their journey to faith because of a simple invitation from friends to attend a...

 The Bishop to the Armed Forces issued a challenge at the recent national online service for VE Day. Bishop Hugh Nelson said that the act of remembering was far from “a matter of nostalgia,” but instead a living reminder of our duty to one another. Bishop Hugh’s message came during a service recorded in St...

The persecution of Christians takes many forms. It crops up in many places and is perpetrated by people of various religions—and no religion. Why? The night before he was crucified Jesus answers that question. While teaching his disciples he says: ‘If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you....

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,...

It was 175 years ago, on 2ndJuly 1850, that Robert Peel, who was Prime Minister from 1834 to 35 and from 1841 to 46, died. He founded the Metropolitan Police Service and is seen as the father of modern British policing. Peel, born in Bury, was one of 11 children of the first Sir Robert...

Ninety years ago, on 6th July 1935, the Yangtze River flooded in China. At least 145,000 people died, millions were displaced and suffered food shortages and famine. The Yangtze River is the longest river in Asia, the third-longest in the world, and is known as the ‘Long River’ in Mandarin. It stretches 6315 kilometres – not...