A unique sacred space in the heart of London where people of all faiths, or none, can meet with others from different traditions and explore differences in a spirit of friendship and respect.

Forgiveness is becoming a live issue in the British media, though sometimes alternating between marvel at the act and ridicule of it.

Catholic, Jew and Protestant, Hindu, Muslim, Buddhist and Confucianist all find they can change where needed and travel along the good road together.

It is one thing – and a good thing – to give your life to God so that your problems can be sorted out. It is quite a different thing, however, to give your life to God to work towards establishing his authority in the power structures of your country.

Jim Houck of Baltimore is a 100 years old. A great achievement. But he is far prouder of another statistic – 71 years without a drink.

At what age do you recognize and accept a calling in life? I have met a man whose experience suggests that you are never too old.

The attempted rescue of a beached whale in the Thames was a testament to the immediacy with which events are transmitted around the world and the hold that animals have over us humans.

In Britain in the past year, unexpected responses to tragedy have caught the attention of the media, and have inspired many.

It would be hard to conclude that the world is safer than it has been, that there has actually been a decline in the number of wars, genocides and human rights abuses over the past decade - yet two prestigious research organisations, 3,000 miles apart, have independently come to that conclusion.

Occasionally some individual act that runs counter to perceived notions of human behaviour catches the public imagination and becomes widely acknowledged, even praised.