7 One with exclamation of sympathy after muddle in work (7) 9 Give out complete set of old books (5) 10 Region with bird on temple (9) 11 Second British philosopher to be speaker (5) 12 Bury children ...

NEWS that Israeli and Hamas negotiators had reached a potential deal to halt the war in Gaza has been welcomed by bishops in the Church of England. They said on Thursday that a “fundamental shift in ...

IN 2010, I flew to the Solovetsky Islands (or Solovki), within the Arctic Circle in the White Sea, ice-bound for eight months of the year, but in summer often bathed in sunlight, even at midnight. To ...

HARRY CLARK, winner of the second series of the TV show The Traitors, is the first to admit that writing a memoir at the age of just 24 is unusual. But his victory in the BBC show billed as “the ...

THE death of Pope Francis triggered an avalanche of commemoration. What stood out was his commitment to serving the marginalised and, in particular, the incarcerated. As someone who has recently been ...

THE Very Revd John Witcombe, Dean of Coventry since 2013, is to retire on 31 May 2026. During his tenure, the cathedral has expanded its arts and events programme, and removed the admission charge.

I WAS in Exeter, almost unexpectedly. That feeling of sacred time, of being exactly where one is meant to be, hit me like a quiet wave. I had come to visit my sister, fresh from completing her Ph.D.

HUMAN rights inherently imply human responsibilities. That is something to remember when trying to pick a path through the maze of issues which surrounds the pro-Palestine marches in British and ...

News welcomed by Anglican Communion Office, but Archbishop of Rwanda, who chairs Gafcon Primates Council, expresses ‘sorrow’ ...

THE Archbishop of Canterbury-designate has said that she believes her that experience as Chief Nursing Officer — when she worked with the World Health Organization and the UN a ...

A LETTER of legal claim has been sent to St Andrew the Great, Cambridge (formerly the Round Church), on behalf of seven Zimbabwean victims of John Smyth. It alleges that senior clergy and church ...

THE work of an Archbishop of Canterbury is “complex and challenging”, but also “very simple”, the Bishop of London, the Rt Revd Sarah Mullally, said in her first address after being nominated as the ...