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Date:
05-02-2010
Author:
Naomi Carle
'The problem with the God argument', stated Sir Terry Pratchett, concluding his Dimbleby Lecture, 'Shaking Hands with Death', 'is that it only works if you believe in God', thus breezily dismissing the Judeo-Christian contribution to the euthanasia debate...
Date:
20-11-2009
Author:
Brian Draper
I call my work 'Echosounder' because the Spirit helps people to see below the surface of their lives. But this week I had an experience of literal echosounding. My wife is pregnant with our third child, who is now 20 weeks into its little life; and so it was time for a scan...
Date:
24-07-2009
Author:
Nigel Hopper
Last Saturday saw the death of Henry Allingham. Aged 113, he was the world's oldest man and one of the last surviving World War I servicemen. Mr Allingham's funeral next week will be a public affair, complete with military honours - a fitting tribute to an old man willing, if necessary, to give his young life in the service of his country.
Date:
15-05-2009
Author:
Ben Care
From Blair's wide-eyed optimism to Brown's bags; has there been a more symbolic change in contemporary British politics? Recently, all eyes have been on Gordon Brown's eyes - or, to be more precise, the weary bags beneath them.
Date:
20-03-2009
Author:
Naomi Skinner
Unusually for stiff-upper-lipped, euphemistic Britain, lately our nation has been ringing with discussions of death. From our coffee shops right up to the corridors of power, the normally unspeakable is being spoken of. And how could it not be when everywhere you turn, it seems, there are headlines or photographs diligently documenting the...
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