Christmas classic ‘In The Bleak Midwinter’ has a renewed life as part of Church of England campaign
UK Almost 150 years after Christina Rossetii wrote In the Bleak Midwinter, it has become a music sensation, heading up the UK iTunes Classical Charts. This well-loved carol forms the centrepiece of the Church of England’s Advent and Christmas campaign #AtTheHeartOfChristmas encouraging people to hear the Christmas story through their local church. The soundtrack is a […]
Portraits challenge Britain to see refugees as family
Thomson Reuters Foundation Ingrid Van Loo Plowman and her youngest son Ross, who host three refugees in their home in Epsom, near London, pose in this portrait exhibited in February 2018 as part of Great British Welcome, an exposition at London’s St Martin-in-the-Fields church. PICTURE: Aubrey Wade/UNHCR When Syrian teenager Abdulaziz Alkhaleed first arrived […]