Without selection between competing groups, the advantages of co-operation are not great enough to make it spreadThis week’s Nature has a report on how hunter-gatherers co-operate, which shows the way in which the scientific study of altruism has moved…
Jean Wyllys, Brazil’s first openly gay MP, takes fight to the religious right
Stance against homophobia has made former Big Brother contestant a hate figure for religious zealots, but he has vowed to keep battlingIn the sitting room of his eighth-floor Copacabana apartment, Jean Wyllys has hung a multicoloured portrait of one of…
Accord Coalition meets with Shadow Secretary of State for Education
The Accord Coalition had this week held a constructive meeting with Stephen Twigg MP, the Shadow Secretary of State for Education.
Moving on with GraceSpace
Bishop Graham Cray, Archbishops’ Missioner and leader of the Fresh Expressions team, looks at how a fresh expression of church can both continue and develop after its founders move on – and that the gift of pioneering has little to do with age …
Marines share their stained glass windows
THE LAST of the stained glass windows that used to be in the Depot Royal Marine Church when the Marines were in barracks at Deal have been installed in the church of St Alban at the Royal Marines Commando Training Centre at Lympstone in Devon. The wind…
Monarchy wins support as churches prepare to celebrate accession
CHURCHES AROUND the country are organising special services to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Queen’s accession to the throne on 6 February, 1952, following the death of her father, King George VI, while a new poll shows overwhelming support…
Hindus ask Europe to address issue of stateless Gypsies urgently
Hindus want Europe to do something concrete to improve the plight of stateless Roma (Gypsies), who suffer rejection day after day.
BJP revives Ram Temple issue ahead of UP polls
The BJP, which has been struggling hard to regain its pre-eminent position in Uttar Pradesh, today revived the Ram Temple issue promising construction of a grand temple in Ayodhya if voted to …
The Hajj exhibition is in stark contrast to Saudi Arabia’s cultural vandalism | Shenaz Kermali
The Saudi elite are proud of the British Museum’s Hajj exhibition – it’s a shame they don’t feel the same about all their heritageThe Saudi embassy and their friends in Riyadh must be pleased with the considerable public interest in the Hajj exhibiti…
Retirements
The Rev Dr Mark Borley, Priest-in-Charge, Allington and Maidstone St Peter (Canterbury): to resign with effect from 29 February 2012. The Rev Arthur Brockbank, Vicar, Bircle (Manchester): to retire with effect from 3 April 2012. The Rev Canon Judith Ca…
Capitalism only creates misery – we need a system that puts human wellbeing first
It is the Green party that now embodies the natural political expression of the more progressive traditions found in dissenting movements such as Quakerism and radical CatholicismEd Miliband has accepted David Cameron’s cuts. Ken Livingstone shares Bor…