Just back from a National first night, where I cried and cried. If you see anything this year, you must make it War Horse, adapted by Nick Stafford from the novel by Michael Morpurgo. A tenuous link with my brief comes in the shape of one of the directors, Tom Morris. He is the man who brought us Jerry Springer: the Opera. If any of you still haven't found it in your hearts to forgive him for that, now is the time to do so.
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It is both alarming and amusing to watch this video and see how the Dutch evangelical boadcaster EO has removed all references to evidence of evolution, such as fossil dates, from Sir David Attenborough's 2002 documentary The Life of Mammals. I interviewed Sir David this afternoon and have reported the results.
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Joanna Sugden's done most of this post and she's also written it today for Times Online. This is a sacred bull, literally, that the Hindus are trying to save and the UK Government is wants to slaughter. Yes really. Shambo has lived in Skandavale Temple in Llanpumsaint, Carmarthen, Wales all his life but after testing positive for the bovine tuberculosis virus he faces slaughter. The Hindu Forum of Britain have set up an online petition against the Government's decision and are planning to form a human chain around the animal to act as shields to protect him.
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Owning a dog can increase the stress of a Catholic priest so much that it sends him over the edge, according to new research. Bangor university researchers who set out to see if owning a pet could ease the loneliness of the celibate priest were astonished to discover that the burdens of caring for a pet actually made priestly stress even worse. More than 1,400 Roman Catholic priests were surveyed to discover if “companion animals” could serve as an antidote to the “personal and social loneliness of single celibate men.” (Pic from pet expert Celia Haddon.) The story has been picked up around the world, including by Spiritual Seeds in Italy.
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Just back from a National first night, where I cried and cried. If you see anything this year, you must make it War Horse, adapted by Nick Stafford from the novel by Michael Morpurgo. A tenuous link with my brief comes in the shape of one of the directors, Tom Morris. He is the man who brought us Jerry Springer: the Opera. If any of you still haven't found it in your hearts to forgive him for that, now is the time to do so.
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