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Kim Jong-un’s apology jeopardises his god-like status

North Koreans care more about access to food and medicine than their leader’s tears, says Timothy, a Christian who escaped from North Korea

27 Oct 2020

Press: The tax you save is the funding they lose

LAST week’s column opened with a brisk spat about the expansion of diocesan bureaucracy in Southwark, but I don’t think that either Canon Giles Fraser or Canon Simon Butler did justice to the scope of the operation

21 Aug 2020

‘Keep calm and carry on,’ says bishop, as UK coronavirus cases continue to rise

NHS Chaplains have an important part to play in reducing panic over the spread of the coronavirus, the Bishop of Carlisle, the Rt Revd James Newcome, has said

03 Mar 2020

Bishop in Europe: Co-ordination needed to manage coronavirus spread

27 Feb 2020

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01 Nov 2019

Millions in North Korea ‘desperately need aid’

15 Mar 2019

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