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Near Death Experiences Proof of Heaven?
Alan Cleaver Alan Cleaver worked on Psychic News for three years in the 1980s and met many people who claimed to have experienced Near Death Experiences. Here he reviews a…
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We need good navigation
Richard Lee We have had some very nasty weather and being stuck in the open in a blizzard whilst on a high level hike can be a bit nasty. One…
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Enjoy Your Open Space
Richard Lee There been a great deal going on recently, both in the County and the Town, the Church – and indeed the World. Unless we are distinctly ‘agoraphobic’ (Fear…
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I Know it in My Bones Open Space
by David Wood “You’re a Christian right?” He stood in front of me his head on one side; in fact everything, it seemed, was a bit on one side. I…
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Dare we question the Christmas Story?
Asks Gill Hale Happy Christmas! Yes, by the time this reaches you it will still be Christmas, right up until January 5th . On January 6th , Epiphany, we add…
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Flagging?
asks Richard Lee Is it about this time of year that we tend to flag a bit? Perhaps, this year especially, in and around these parts – well, for a…
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Amy’s Angels
“My Dad was a huge impact in my life and taught me to stand up for what I believe in. He taught me to fight for what is right and…
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The Rewards of Kindness
By Michelle Denwood The School of Human Sciences, Kobe College in Japan decided to analyse human kindness. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of a “counting…
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On Baloney Detection
Ben Sagan West Cumbrian Skeptics There have always been those who will try to deceive or persuade others to accept their particular philosophies, treatments and products. Sometimes all it needs…
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Are you cynical or stoical about life?
Asks Richard Lee Someone said I was a cynic the other day. You can usually tell when you are winning a debate, like fencing – the opposition usually show an…
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LUCKY!
Edna Branthwaite Another osprey season will come to an end when the Lake District Osprey Project closes on the 2nd September but what a disastrous season it has been. Extreme…
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When Colin Met Joyce
When we included a photo of Evette Clague playing the clarinet for the descendants of her Egremont ancestors on a bitterly cold December evening we did not guess the connection…
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Inequality hurts us all
The trouble with inequality is not just that it is unfair. It produces fractured societies. It teaches children envy and makes competion rather than cooperation their ruling principle. It makes…
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Spring Cleaning
by Rev’d Philip Peacock On Saturday March 10th, members from Egremont Methodist Church and another helper embarked upon doing some litter picking along the road from East Road to the…
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Paedophile
by David Wood Years ago there was a near mob riot when it was suggested that a half-way house for men on parole from prison and trying to ease…