Lifestyle
Downsizing: how to cope when the children leave home
(3 minute read)
Mary McGinty explains how moving house once her children had grown up and departed made her shed tears of both sadness and joy.
Creating new kinds of contact
(5 minute read)
Richard Bauckham sees the positive side of his Covid 19 self-isolation.
Five ways to lose weight in Lent
(3 minute read)
Joseph Evans argues that Lent has a meaning for believers and non-believers alike.
Middle-Eastern woman goes on frankfurter frenzy
(7 minute read)
The challenges and pitfalls of starting a new family life in Germany give Glose plenty of reasons to laugh – and cry. (Part three of the series “A mum on the move”)
Getting curious about curiosity
(4 minute read)
What’s the point of curiosity? Prakarsh Singh examines the great power of this quality and highlights its importance in our lives. Curious? Read on!
Pretty Hurts: The cult of (physical) beauty in Brazil
(9 minute read)
When bodily beauty matters as much as it does in a country like Brazil, the cost can be not only financial but also personal. Bianca Costa Sales explains.
Retreating to victory, and how silence takes us forward
In this second article in his Travelling where I am series, Joseph Evans explores silence’s hidden power and how it is necessary to make any journey meaningful.
A mum on the move: diary of a new life
Entry two: Glose discovers how publicly smothering your child in Sudocrem can win you and your family priority boarding on Lufthansa. Try it and see.
A mum on the move: diary of a new life
What’s it like to pack your life up into cardboard boxes and move across the sea? A new diary, beginning today, by Glose Jeanjean charts the challenges of taking her family towards a new life in another land.
“A state of perpetual panic”: the lost art of pressing the Pause button
Soul gym is just as essential as body gym, and sometimes it’s the time spent in stillness that makes the time spent in activity truly fruitful. Bianca Costa Sales invites us to draw breath.
