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Book review: A British Childhood: How our children live now by Frank Cottrell-Boyce
2+ day, 8+ hour ago (552+ words) Friday 11 September 2026 Paul Handley considers an indictment of today’s life for many children SINCE a core theme of this book is the power of stories, Frank Cottrell-Boyce will forgive the recounting of an anecdote from the preface that stays with…...
Art review: Bayeux Tapestry at the British Museum
2+ day, 8+ hour ago (1076+ words) Friday 11 September 2026 Nicholas Cranfield sees the Bayeux Tapestry at the British Museum President Macron of France and the King and Queen view the Bayeux Tapestry at the British Museum, in London CENTRAL London after midnight is the place to be…...
Book review: Signs Among the Stones: A literary journey through C. S. Lewis’s Chronicles of Narnia by Jem Bloomfield
2+ day, 8+ hour ago (346+ words) Friday 11 September 2026 Rachel Mann reads the third in a series on C. S. Lewis’s children’s tales Signs Among the Stones is the third volume in Bloomfield’s critical sequence, alongside the excellent Paths Through the Snow (about The Lion, The Witch and the…...
UK news in brief
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (193+ words) Friday 17 July 2026 Bishop stands with Muslim community in Suffolk No driving ban for speeding Bishop of Truro New director for Christians on the Left Church of Norway adopts C of E logo in World Cup bet Posthumous Living Wage Foundation…...
New books just published
2+ mon, 3+ day ago (365+ words) Friday 10 July 2026 This week’s selection: a collection of daily prayers; an exploration of Pauline theology; and an examination of R.G. Collingwood’s views Living for Jesus and Justice: Daily prayers for radical Christians by Red Letter Christians UK, edited by Simon…...
Short notice: Don’t Forget the Holy Spirit: Personal reflections on baptism in the Holy Spirit by Matt Anscombe
2+ mon, 3+ day ago (154+ words) Friday 10 July 2026 A joint event with RSCM. A one-day symposium at Southwark Cathedral celebrating church music in all its glory. This event is free, but booking is required. Find out more at elydatabase.org/eventsChurch Times is delighted to be…...
Art review: In Vino Veritas: The Visual Rhetoric of Wine (Colnaghi, London W1)
2+ mon, 3+ day ago (382+ words) Friday 10 July 2026 Nicholas Cranfield sees Colnaghi’s vinous show Willem Claesz. Heda (1593/94-c.1680/82), A Vanitas Still Life with a Broken Roemer, an Upturned Tazza and a Peeled Lemon, All on a Ledge (1648), oil on oak panel Disconsolately, she rests her head…...
Podcasts review
2+ mon, 3+ day ago (686+ words) Friday 10 July 2026 Azariah France-Williams on Talking Rubbish — The Recycling Podcast, with James Piper and Robbie Staniforth, The Slow Newscast, Mad, Sad and Bad with Paloma Faith, and Nomad Podcast James Piper’s and Robbie Staniforth’s podcast provides a practical guide to…...
Book review: Dwelling Places: The practice and witness of intentional Christian communities by Lakshmi Piette Walker
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (242+ words) Friday 03 July 2026 These initiatives today are an enrichment, says John Pritchard The theologian Howard Thurman said: “Ask yourself what makes you come alive, and go and do that, because what the world needs is people who have come alive.” For…...
More Roman Catholics in the United States than Episcopalians, Pew analysis suggests
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (601+ words) Friday 03 July 2026 Adult converts make up one and a half per cent of the population Vice President Vance with his wife last year at the inaugural mass for Leo XIV’s papacy A SURGE in numbers of adults in the United…...