On our View from Earth blog this week, “Sandra’s Diary” ranges from Dan Dare to the cost of space expeditions in a world of hunger.
Andrew Barr reflects on the Open at St Andrew’s, the kirk and John Knox. And a memorable “Songs of Praise” at the eighteenth green.
In the light of the Edinburgh Festival and the plans to have a literary walk in Edinburgh, we revisit a programme we did for a notable anniversary of Robert Louis Stevenson.
In the news we have the retirement of the kirk’s first general manager!
We have Pope Francis appealing for a captured Jesuit priest and two Orthodox bishops in Syria. And the monks of Pluscarden out in protest at local road plans.
In the Church of England we have the first woman bishop to take her place in the House of Lords. And mourning for the Reverend Professor Owen Chadwick.
In our reflection we have the Edinburgh Festivals and the massive total of the churches’ work for the needy with an invitation to join in.
