OVER THE LAST three months the subject of abortion has been much in the news. There was the case of the Scottish couple who, three weeks after their separation, found themselves locked in a High Court battle over which of [...]

THE DEATH of Joan Buckingham, at the tragically early age of 52, is a grievous loss not only to the Church in Wales, but to the civic and academic life of Cardiff. She was Warden for nearly 20 years of [...]

RE-PITCHING THE TENT, Richard Giles, The Canterbury Press, Norwich, 1996, pbk, xv + 237pp, ISBN 1-85311-119-8, £14.95. IN 1948, George Addleshaw, later to become Dean of Chester, and Frederick Etchells, a distinguished architect and historian, published The Architectural Setting of [...]

 Paul Richardson, July 1997 AUSTRALIA MAY NOT be at the top of the league table for GDP or GNP but there is one set of statistics in which this country leads the rest of the Western world. Every year, more [...]

David Mills: Letter from America: July 1997 A FEW YEARS AGO, the then vice-president Dan Quayle criticized a popular television show, “Murphy Brown,” for glorifying single-motherhood. He was attacked by all the usual suspects, for whom the marriage covenant was [...]

Eunice Burton tackles some current issues in medical ethics from the viewpoint of a Christian professional IF YOU LISTEN to Radio 4’s Programme “On This Day” you learn (or are reminded) of life in Post-War Europe 50 years ago. In [...]

Rum Brum Old friends of the Bishop of Birmingham who were unable to attend his marriage to the former wife of one of his own priests, will have been intrigued by his choice of preacher at the Blessing - his [...]