China can't get enough Bibles
‘Hallelujah!’ cries 67-year-old Zhang Fang Rong as she raises her arms in thanksgiving.
Zhang Fang Rong buys five copies of the Bible. Picture: Clare Kendall
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A walk on the wild side
Ella, a 16-hand Percheron mare, is pulling a felled piece of wood weighing around a tonne out of dense brambles and woodland near Bosbury, Herefordshire. Her handler, Doug Joiner, chairman of British Horse Loggers, quietly guides her massive footsteps through difficult terrain. “Gee off … come here,” he calls. The commands sound like those at sheepdog trials, and Ella is as responsive as any trained dog.
Colin Firth interview
Checking the Internet for information on actor Colin Firth, who entranced the nation’s female population, in his role as Mr Darcy, I came across something that essentially, but unintentionally, sums him up.
The Queen Mother's funeral
AT THE last, the Queen Mother’s very deep Christian faith was witnessed by the whole nation.
Outside Westminster Abbey, the crowds stood ten deep or more during the hour-long service. Every one followed the proceedings in orders of service that had been printed in national newspapers.
About Hazel
Hazel Southam is an award-winning journalist who reports on religious affairs, international development and the environment. She has covered four G8 Summits.
She wrote for The Sunday and Daily Telegraph for 10 years. Her work has also appeared in The Guardian, The Independent, The Independent on Sunday, The Daily Mail and The Evening Standard.
Reporting assignments have taken her to places including Bosnia, Zimbabwe, Mongolia, Albania, Nagorno-Karabakh, Senegal and the Arctic Circle.
In the UK, she has also delivered media training to the MOD and leading businesses.
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