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Friendship across the years
(6 minutes) The United Nations International Day of Older Persons is celebrated globally each year on 1 October. To mark this, Denise Trull narrates the wonderful friendship between the great ant-Nazi hero Dietrich Bonhoeffer and a remarkable elderly woman called Ruth von Kleist-Retzow.
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We are not friends, we are acquaintances
(4 minutes) Jide Ehizele considers the shallow bonds of a plural Britain.
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The friendship of a saint (part 2)
(10 minutes) In this second part of Paul Shrimpton’s exploration of how John Henry Newman practised friendship, he shows that the saint was a true friend to very different people, also in adversity.
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In praise of the Round Table
(7 minute read) Rosie Black reveals how a piece of furniture can be transformed into a university of life.
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Waking up from love’s dream
Lisa Fraser says you can only learn to love by loving.
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“I challenge you to soften the ground of your heart and to love well and deeply…”
(3 minute read) Nicole Law outlines a new - and better - way of living.
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The importance of being earnest
(6 minute read) ‘Being oneself’ is the ultimate liberation, thinks Lisa Fraser.
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Editorial: A life well lived?
(2 minute read) A chance encounter leads Tascha Von Uexkull to ponder on regrets: what do we regret and are we right to do so?
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Editorial: Friendship and confrontation
(2 minute read) Tascha Von Uexkull learns that friends sometimes have to clash for their relationship to grow.
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Humour across cultures: no laughing matter
(7 minute read) Lisa Fraser warns of the pitfalls in jokes that don’t travel well.
