British figure skaters Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson came agonisingly close to winning the first Olympic Gold medal since Torvill and Dean in 1994. Years of sacrifice, dedication and endless hours on the ice have seen them rise up the rankings, winning silvers and bronze in recent European championships.  They started their routine flawlessly with […]

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William Golding was a Royal Navy Lieutenant who took part in the D-Day landings. His experience of that conflict and the Cold War that followed, inspired him to write his first novel Lord of the Flies. In the book a party of school children are stranded on a desert island. Initially rejoicing that no adults […]

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Forty days on and Christmas is a distant memory. The bright lights that lit up our homes are back in the box, and we’ve long since eaten the last of the turkey curry leftovers. Now we’re just holding on through the storms of winter for the first signs of spring. But hold on a minute, […]

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In a few weeks’ time Artemis II will blast off taking people back to the moon for the first time in over 50 years. While they won’t land on this occasion, they will be paving the way for others in years to come.  It was John F Kennedy who announced to Congress on 25th May 1961 […]

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In James Cameron’s film Titanic, Bruce Ismay, the Managing Director of the White Star Line declares, ‘This ship can’t sink!’ With a line that sends shivers down the spine the ship’s architect replies, ‘She’s made of iron Sir, I assure you she can’.  I’m reminded of this episode as yet another luminary of the Christian […]

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I wonder what you long for in life and how you cope with disappointments when dreams don’t come true? This week Timothy Chalamet finally won a Golden Globe on his fifth nomination. How did he deal with the disappointment of walking away empty-handed so many times? Well, his father taught him always to be grateful […]

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I moved home on 2nd January. This seemed like a good idea back in September. But as the weeks rolled by and the busyness of preparing for Christmas picked up, I became less sure. You see the issue was not just that I was moving but that I was downsizing from a three-bedroomed house with a […]

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In these days of polarisation and division we would do well to remember the origins of the American festival of Thanksgiving. It was the spring of 1621 and only half of the Pilgrims who had arrived aboard the Mayflower were still alive. Their chances of survival seemed slim, but providence was on their side. Seemingly […]

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Once again evolutionary scientists are scratching their heads trying to find the reason behind one of our most common behaviours – kissing. We’ve been doing it for a very long time, and not just humans but animals as well including wolves, prairie dogs, polar bears and even albatrosses. To be fair the scientist’s definition of […]

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Near the main entrance of Westminster Abbey lies The Tomb of the Unknown Warrior. Brought from the battlefield of the Western Front and buried ‘amongst the kings’ this unknown soldier represents the countless thousands who gave their lives in the First World War. His body was laid to rest on 11th November 1920 in the presence […]

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