Taking the UK’s social temperature: Spurgeons 2017 Parent Report
An old friend, Ross Hendry, is the chief exec of Spurgeon’s Children’s Charity, a UK organisation (no, that’s not him on the left, that’s Spurgeon).
An old friend, Ross Hendry, is the chief exec of Spurgeon’s Children’s Charity, a UK organisation (no, that’s not him on the left, that’s Spurgeon).
For some reason, the British church has been very slow to take up the challenge of adoption. This is a tragedy. As things stand at the
For me, though, the standout of Francis Spufford’s reading memoir The Child That Books Built is the chapter entitled The Island. For it is here that he
One of the most poignant aspects of Francis Spufford’s reading memoir The Child That Books Built is his having to come to terms with his younger (by
Having considered the importance of stories and fiction in general, Spufford in The Child That Books Built now works through the different stages of growing
Francis Spufford has gained a bit of a following for his recent Unapologetic – a quirky defence of Christianity which various bloggers have picked up
Yes, I realise this is rather too late for helping with your Christmas shopping. But think of it as an aid to early preparations for
It is a rare gift indeed to be able to evoke the confusions, perceptions and wonder of childhood from the perspectives of adulthood. And it
One of the challenges of recent months has been to find ways to help our kids spend a little bit less time immersed in electronic
In case you missed this from a few months ago, here is a fantastic video from the genii at Conspiracy of Freedom – I was
It is one of the easiest things in the world: making a parent feel guilty. Well this one, at any rate. There’s always something one’s
This article does not make comfortable reading, by any stretch. In fact, it is horrific – because it is real. But it merely serves to