Church Times - Comment


What’s the point of a children’s holiday? There is a myth that all children now go on holiday, and that the working classes usually jet off to Spain. Subscriber only	Leader: Never knowingly undersold LOOKING at the headlines, it is small wonder that some would like to model the Church of England on the John Lewis Partnership. Subscriber only	100 years ago:The Cullinan diamond WE DO NOT for a moment suggest that the proposal of General Booth’s Government to present the King with the Cullinan diamond was a piece of stage-management... Subscriber only

Simon Parke: So bracing by the sea OH WE DO like to be beside the seaside — and probably have done since the interwar period. Subscriber only	The soul of an unstoppable journalist ON ONE of my last visits to Bill Deedes, he had a birthday present for my son, Gabriel, who was his godson. Subscriber only	Religious TV — a disappearing act For the past month, I have been standing in for this paper’s regular television critic. Subscriber only

Giles Fraser: When the US Right was not so religious Karl Rove has gone Subscriber only	A fresh approach to combat stress When I was chaplain to Commando Helicopter Force in 2003, one of our helicopters crashed on the flight deck of Royal Fleet Auxiliary Argus. Subscriber only	Paul Valelly: No need to dilute the core mission A friend returned from holiday in Ireland rather distressed this week. Subscriber only

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