6+ day, 2+ hour ago   (267+ words) John Yorke explores The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien, novelist and veteran of the Vietnam War. Published in 1990 it’s a collection of interlinked stories about a platoon of American soldiers fighting an invisible enemy in the booby-trapped jungles of…...

1+ week, 14+ hour ago   (386+ words) An organist who has played the same church organ for more than 70 years has said he has no plans to stop. Keith Watts, 88, plays the reed organ at St Thomas a Becket Church in Lydlinch, Dorset, having started piano lessons…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (417+ words) Six church bells, some of which are more than 400 years old, are being lowered from a tower for restoration. The bells at St Peter's Church in Copdock, Suffolk, are part of a £500,000 project supported by The National Lottery Heritage Fund…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (355+ words) The guitar played by George Michael in the music video for Faith is expected to fetch £100,000 at auction. The song was the title track of the Hertfordshire pop star's 1987 debut solo album, which sold more than 25 million copies worldwide. In…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (345+ words) A set of eight bells could be permanently removed from a Grade II listed church after it closed as a place of worship. Plans have been submitted by the Durham Diocese Board of Finance to remove the bells from St…...

4+ week, 7+ hour ago   (514+ words) A Shropshire vicar played a key role in a new two-part BBC documentary featuring Welsh Hollywood actor Michael Sheen's investigation into toxic waste dumps. The Rev Paul Cawthorne, priest in charge of churches in the Hadnall area, is also a…...