by Sean Reilly | Mar 28, 2008
The much publicised “credit crunch” refers to the way loans and other forms of credit are becoming difficult or more expensive to obtain. This crisis may bring harder times for us all, individuals and businesses alike. But access to credit has always been a daily...
by Sean Reilly | Mar 28, 2008
A Canadian church magazine has become the first North American sponsor of a travelling exhibit of the life and work of natural scientist Charles Darwin – writes Kristine Greenaway Darwin’s theory of the evolution of species has long been an occasion of...
by Sean Reilly | Mar 21, 2008
Pupils at Radyr comprehensive, just along from Bridgend, have been studying Malorie Blackman’s book, Noughts and Crosses. It’s a bit like Romeo and Juliet. Well, sort of. It has a balcony scene and – more controversially – a suicide. After...
by Sean Reilly | Mar 21, 2008
Christian and Hebrew Scriptures say that loss and grief are universal human experiences and psychologists tell us that the process of mourning is often prolonged, painful, and emotionally complex. Ecclesiastes reminds us that grief comes to everyone: “There is a time...
by Sean Reilly | Mar 20, 2008
As death continues to do its worst we find ourselves living in a ‘long Saturday’, suspended irresolvably, it seems, between the threat of despair and the possibility of hope. The former looks substantial and unavoidable. But what of the latter? By its nature, hope is...
