“it has been a joy to serve”

My preoccupations at 16 were, I think, twofold. Firstly, passing my exams to get to university. I was really, really focused on that. But secondly, it was round about that age that I started to get re

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Held in high esteem and lavished with furs, velvet and precious stones, young male choristers-turned-bishops were all the rage at Christmas in the Middle Ages, says Matthew Dennison

HELLO, little one!” Penny Dauntless greeted a robin-redbreast, who cocked his head as she pushed along her trolley of post on the daily round. “How often is there such a perfect mid-December morning?”

Bishop Mariann Budde urges us to embrace love and hope this Christmas