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It’s thirty years since British engineer and scientist Tim Berners-Lee created the world wide web. Marking the anniversary, he’s called for a mid-course correction. In a telling indictment of human nature, he said that the web was now so full of disinformation and harmful content, that it was plunging ‘towards things which could be really […] The post Mid-course correction appeared first on Turn the Page.

In May 2019 four drunk schoolboys went on a rampage and destroyed the life’s work of the Market Deeping Model Railway Club. In just a few minutes the £30,000 display was ruined leaving the club’s members heartbroken. It looked as if their years of hard work had been lost forever. But six months on and […] The post Love that won’t let go appeared first on Turn the Page.

The next time you flush your loo spare a thought for the billions around the world who have don’t have that luxury. It’s a big problem leading to the deaths of hundreds of thousands from cholera, diarrhoea and dysentery, and a big problem requires a big solution. So thank God for those like Bill Gates […] The post The problem of our waste appeared first on Turn the Page.

When I was growing up in the 1970’s there were essentially only two ways to contact someone you weren’t actually sitting next to. You could either write a letter and wait days for a reply, or call them on a landline telephone and hope that they were in (because if they weren’t there was no […] The post Making contact appeared first on Turn the Page.

The UK has just embarked on yet another general election. Once again, the airwaves are full of promises with political parties pledging to spend billions on education, healthcare, and housing. But in a world now dominated by ‘fake news’ we’re deeply cynical that once the election is over many of them will be forgotten. But […] The post Those election promises appeared first on Turn the Page.

On 6th June 1964 General Eisenhower returned to Omaha Beach in Normandy. Twenty years earlier 2,000 men had lost their lives on the same beach securing it for the Allied invasion on D-day. Eisenhower looked out at the holidaymakers swimming in the sea and enjoying the sunshine and commented, ‘It’s almost unreal to look at […] The post Remember what it was appeared first on Turn the Page.

One of the loveliest things you notice about the life of Jesus, is how often he would stop a whole crowd of people to focus on just one person. Nearly always they were people marginalised by the majority because of some illness or sin – a woman who’d run up five marriages, a selfish tax-collector, […] The post You’ll never walk alone appeared first on Turn the Page.

Aside from the fact that it’s a commercially driven enterprise earning millions of pounds for big business, it strikes me that there’s something deeper going on in our culture’s ever-expanding celebration of Hallowe’en. The Bible nails it with this verse from John’s Gospel, ‘Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into […] The post Living in the Shadows appeared first on Turn the Page.

Driving in Lahore is an experience not to be missed! The roads are crowded with cars, motorbikes, donkeys, tractors, tuk-tuks, trucks and buses, some of them roadworthy. Lines on roads and traffic lights offer suggestions about the rules of the road but the rule of thumb seems to be that if there’s a gap you […] The post Going against the flow appeared first on Turn the Page.

On 12th October 2019 yet another milestone in human achievement was passed as Eliud Kipchoge became the first person in the world to run a marathon in under two hours. Before the event Kipchoge said that if successful his achievement would rank alongside that of being the first man on the moon, and there’s no doubt […] The post Getting nowhere quite fast appeared first on Turn the Page.

As with all the best stories it’s often the very moment when all hope seems to be lost when the clouds part and the sun breaks through once more. With the Brexit deadline approaching like a runaway train, it’s just possible that a conversation between two key leaders may have changed everything.  I’m reminded of […] The post Will they or won’t they? appeared first on Turn the Page.

A few weeks ago I injured my back lifting Jesus onto the cross. Clearly this wasn’t the real thing but a dramatized re-enactment. Somehow with just a director, a cast of sixteen and two days to rehearse we presented Mark’s Gospel in just 90 minutes. It was a deeply profound and moving experience. But I’m […] The post Strength in weakness appeared first on Turn the Page.

I’m ending the month of September by paying a speeding fine incurred while on holiday in France over the summer. Up until 6th May 2017 I could have left this particular ‘sin’ behind at the border and would never have known anything about it. But on that date EU rules changed allowing nations to access one […] The post Leaving sins behind appeared first on Turn the Page.

This week Chinese social media influencer Lisa Li has been called out by her landlord for the contrast between her online life how she actually lives at home. With over a million followers Li has posted about her glamorous lifestyle with its glossy catalogue of foreign travel, wild parties and fine dining. But after several […] The post Wow is me! appeared first on Turn the Page.

These days there’s no excuse for oversleeping. You can set an alarm on your phone or bedside clock or even arrange for the phone to ring with a wakeup call. But what did people do before the widespread availability of watches, clocks and electricity? They used a ‘knocker upper’.  A common sight in British mining villages, […] The post Why we still needs ‘knocker uppers’ appeared first on Turn the Page.

I remember many years ago the agonising pain of being in a relationship that had broken down. There was nothing I could do to restore it. Then one day I received a text message with just the words ‘I miss you.’ Suddenly everything changed. A corner had been turned and now there was hope that […] The post And Peter appeared first on Turn the Page.

Speaking about the security arrangements for the latest artwork installation at Blenhiem Place, Edward Spencer-Churchill declared, ‘It’s not going to be the easiest thing to nick.’ Sadly, he was proved wrong as the 18-carat gold toilet was stolen in the early hours of 14thSeptember 2019. The toilet, called ‘America’, was fully functional and visitors were […] The post Working for a cleaner world appeared first on Turn the Page.

Police Scotland recently tweeted, “September is preparedness month. Emergencies can happen at any time and it’s recommended to have a #GrabBag ready containing essential items including medication, copies of important documents, food/water, torch, radio and other personal items.” The tweet caused some concern with a number worried that it might cause unnecessary panic, not least with […] The post Jesus is my GrabBag appeared first on Turn the Page.

In a famous parable explaining God’s love for the world, Jesus told a story about two brothers, the younger of whom rejects his father, demands his inheritance early and then goes and blows the lot on wild parties. Finding himself reduced to feeding pigs he sets off home in the hope of re-entering the household […] The post Prodigal Son or Prodigal God? appeared first on Turn the Page.

This week I bought a rice cooker in preparation for my youngest daughter leaving home to begin her gap year in London. The outside of the box boasts about the benefits of the cooker – ‘two perfect portions’, ‘slow even cooking’, ‘space saving design’, ‘energy efficient’, and so it goes on. It makes it all […] The post It sounds wonderful! appeared first on Turn the Page.