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COP26The UK will host the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow on 1 — 12 November 2021. The COP26 summit will bring parties together to accelerate action towards the goals of the Paris Agreement and the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.The Methodist Church in Britain has officially launched Climate Justice for All (CJ4A), a campaign run by workers in...

From the Circuit Staff — April 2021Dear FriendsIn my mind the song 'Where have all the flowers gone' is associated with WW2, perhaps because it was on my father's favourite Vera Lynn album that often rang through our house when I was small, albeit decades after the war was over. The haunting line 'when will they ever learn' always echoes when I see again how our...

I have been a member of several Methodist churches over the years and am also the author of a handbook for older people entitled How to Handle Later Life (Amaranth Books, 2017). My book's 1,000 pages explore the main choices people face as they grow older and the ways in which they can avoid potential problems.Reviewing How to Handle Later Life, Eric Midwinter, a founder of the U3A...