Magazine Leader – February 2011

Cash, camels and certainty It was described as ‘a googly,’ but it wasn’t a bowler helping us to retain the Ashes. It was a surprise question in Parliament that appeared to hit the mark. It was a great media moment, but it made me think again about Jesus’ solemn teaching. A question was put by...

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Happy New Year and a Happiness Index

Magazine Leader – January 2011 “Happy New Year!” How do you know whether this proves to be the case? Can you measure a nation’s happiness, or an individual’s wellbeing? Recent public debates have drawn attention to how measuring economic activity doesn’t deliver all that we need to know. After all, it’s argued, it doesn’t take...

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Stone hosts unusual carol service

Stone will host an unusual carol service this Friday when singers, musicians and shoppers will parade through town singing the appropriate carol outside each shop that took part in the giant Advent calendar competition. Singers will meet outside the Shelter Charity Shop on Lichfield Street on Christmas Eve at 9.30am and make their way through...

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