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Valentine’s Day is big business. In 2017 the UK alone splashed out nearly £1 billion on celebrating love. As humans we long to love and be loved. Sadly, our longing for romance means that catfishing – using a fake identity to contact another person – is also big business; and with a quarter of us […] The post Let love be real appeared first on Turn the Page.

This week Donald Tusk caused a storm by wondering aloud about the special place in hell reserved for those who campaigned for Brexit. Now while Donald may be relishing the thought of people in hell, Jesus was rather less enthusiastic. He urged us to do all that we could to avoid it. On one occasion […] The post A special place in hell? appeared first on Turn the Page.

It’s a commonly held assumption that all religions are just different ways to God. After all, why should the claims of one religion take precedence over all the others?   The problem with this proposition, however, is that different religions have radically different notions of what getting ‘to God’ means. For some there is not […] The post The way, the truth and the life appeared first on Turn the Page.

The British adventurer Ernest Shackleton once placed the following newspaper advert: ‘Men wanted for hazardous journey. Low wages, bitter cold, long hours of complete darkness. Safe return doubtful. Honour and recognition in event of success.’ It was certainly not an advert that could be challenged for inaccuracy or hype! This was an expedition that would […] The post Advert for the adventurous appeared first on Turn the Page.

For several years my family and I took our summer holiday in the small village of Nethy Bridge in the Scottish Highlands. We would often drive through the forest and the foothills of the Cairngorm mountains, following the road as it twisted this way and that. We’d catch glimpses through the trees of a loch […] The post Making sense of our lives appeared first on Turn the Page.

Lying mortally wounded on an Afghan battlefield, Lance Corporal John List felt his life ebbing away. But he had reckoned without the courage and dedication of Able Seaman Kate Nesbitt, a medical assistant with the Royal Navy. With no regard for her own safety she raced 70 yards under heavy fire and spent 45 minutes […] The post Courage under fire appeared first on Turn the Page.

In an attempt to get us eating more healthily the British Nutrition Foundation has devised a new way for us to measure out our food. Rather than using scales or just guessing, they suggest that we measure portion sizes by using our hands, thumbs and fists.   In a famous episode from the Gospels Jesus […] The post The food in our hands appeared first on Turn the Page.

Some years ago I went through a very difficult time. I felt as if the very foundations on which I had built my security and identity were crumbling away. In my desperation I reached out to things that I thought would help me, only to find that they sank with me. In the end I […] The post When the foundations crumble appeared first on Turn the Page.

Some years ago, I was TV channel-hopping, when I came across a programme in which three middle-aged men were attempting to crush a caravan by firing old cars into a quarry. It was, of course, Top Gear, and the show went on to bring its presenters fame and fortune. But what will be their legacy? […] The post Are we really running out of time? appeared first on Turn the Page.

Standing in the rubble of his ruined nation, the ancient scribe Ezra, read aloud the Book of God’s laws. Too late they had discovered that abandoning God’s laws doesn’t lead to the freedom we hope it will.   We would do well to remember this as we survey the chaos and confusion of our current […] The post The laws that lead to our freedom appeared first on Turn the Page.

‘It’s going to be so much fun giving it away.’ So said Frances Connolly reflecting on the £115m fortune she has just won on the EuroMillions lottery. Her husband added, ‘Money doesn’t bring you happiness. We already had happiness and were very blessed in life.’ The couple have already drawn up a list of 50 […] The post Giving is so much fun! appeared first on Turn the Page.

NASA’s New Horizon spacecraft is the size of a grand piano. On a mission to unlock the secrets of how our solar system was formed it has travelled 6.5 billion kilometres from earth. This week it flew by its latest objective Ultima Thule, a frozen lump of rock just 21 miles long. It’s a stunning […] The post So just why are we here? appeared first on Turn the Page.

Celebrities who travel the world often send ahead a long list of ‘riders’ – detailed instructions on how they expect to be treated on arrival. For example, it’s reported that Cher once insisted on a separate dressing room for her wigs, and Christina Aguilera asked for vitamin-C tablets in the shape of characters from TV […] The post Preparing for my arrival appeared first on Turn the Page.

The story is told of a poor widow who lived on the Balmoral Estate during the time of Queen Victoria. Falling into poverty after the death of her husband she found herself struggling to survive and fell behind with her rent. One evening there was a knock at her door, and fearing it was the […] The post A Royal Visitor appeared first on Turn the Page.

Without a hint of irony, the president of the Sark Chamber of Commerce heaped praise in his island’s electricity company. He said that they had been ‘nothing but generous especially in the light of what has been going on in the last few weeks.’ He was referring to the fact that the island had come […] The post Keeping the light on at Christmas appeared first on Turn the Page.

It’s that time of year when millions of us are planning journeys to be with the people we love at Christmas. But just how far would you be willing to go to be with your loved ones?   In 1965 Australian Reg Spiers, penniless and desperate to return home from London in time for his […] The post The things we do for love appeared first on Turn the Page.

Well I’ll say this for my satnav – it’s taken me to places I’d never have seen without it. In the old days if I wanted to get from A to B, I’d get out my road atlas and plot what seemed to be the most obvious route between the two. I’d have no idea […] The post Following where my satnav leads appeared first on Turn the Page.

At a recent climate change conference David Attenborough told world leaders, ‘Time is running out. The continuation of civilisations and the natural world is in your hands.’   Now like many people I try to take seriously my responsibility to look after the planet – I recycle everything I can, I compost my peelings and […] The post A climate of despair? appeared first on Turn the Page.

Had Thomas Brinley renewed a patent he might have become very rich and very famous. It was 1961 and he had invented the world’s first digital timepiece. He took out a patent on his invention to stop anyone from copying it, but sadly didn’t have the facilities to fulfil an order to produce 20 of […] The post The danger of giving up too soon appeared first on Turn the Page.

Given my fear of heights the last place I’d ever be found is walking along the latest Chinese tourist attraction – a skywalk in East Taihang province. Perched over a kilometre above sea level the transparent floor is just 3cm thick. Before venturing out every tourist has to decide whether they think the floor will […] The post Standing on a firm foundation appeared first on Turn the Page.