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Tom Wright on women bishops
“But that would be putting the clock back,” gasps a feckless official in one of C. S. Lewis’s stories. “Have you no idea of progress, of development?” “I have seen them both in an egg,” replies the young hero. “We...
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When the President welcomed the man from Bristol to the White House
George Muller looked after 10,000 children in Bristol in the nineteenth century and the Foundation he established still flourishes today. His belief that God answers prayer has made his name a byword for faith throughout the world. On a...
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Fabrice Muanda’s remarkable story
Fabrice Muamba was on a BBC Radio 5Live special talking about his recovery from a heart attack. In the half-hour-long interview, Muamba spoke to Reading striker Jason Roberts about how he's coming to terms with the situation – having...
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Where England’s oldest canal begins
The Exeter canal was begun in 1564 - 200 years before the main era of canal building in England. Here it was last Saturday at the point where it begins with the river Exe to the right and the...
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John Stott and James Bond
On the 50th anniversary of the first James Bond film, you may be surprised to learn that, late in his life, John Stott developed a taste for Bond films - so much so that the librarian at the London...
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What Disraeli said in his novel Sybil about ‘one nation’
"Well, society may be in its infancy," said Egremont slightly smiling; "but, say what you like, our Queen reigns over the greatest nation that ever existed." "Which nation?" asked the younger stranger, "for she reigns over two." The stranger paused; Egremont...
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Seen on twitter …
... from the spoof tweeter 'Elizabeth Windsor @Queen_UK': Holding interviews for a new Archbishop of Canterbury this morning. The Pope's applied. Awkward. Well, I think Pope Benedict would be rather conservative for Anglican tastes, but at least he is...
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On this day: a remarkable (and rich) Devon man
On this day, 432 years ago on 26 September 1580, Drake and the Pelican arrived in Plymouth, Devon, ending an astonishing three-year voyage around the world and carrying treasure beyond imagination. Once home Drake's first move was to send a...
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Dartmoor today
Cawsand Beacon and High Willhays on Dartmoor this morning taken from Serston Farm north east of Bow. On a clear day, from the summit of Cawsand Beacon, you can see Teignmouth on the south Devon coast and Bude on...
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Celebrity watch
Sheila and I strolled by this £2.3m mansion while we were in Fowey last Friday. Dawn French and Lenny Henry bought it and did it up. But since their split, does Dawn still live there? A convincing answer (to...
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