In the 1960s the Department of Architectural Studies at SheffieldUniversity undertook a survey which showed that buildings which were used heavily every day of the week suffered from stress and were unlikely to last. Those that had just one 24-hour period of "refreshment" each week had time to recover and lasted longer.
The Bishop of London, Rt Rev Richard Chartres, hosted a Theos drinks reception at the Old Deanery on Tuesday night.
Despite unprecedented levels of financial security and good health, Britons are no happier today than fifty years ago.
I am one of those hateful people who can eat pretty much what he likes and never put on weight. Neither gym nor low fat foods appeal, and I have avoided both for many years. Yet, somehow, miraculously, I remain a svelte 11 stone.
Over half of Britons believe that Jesus Christ rose from the dead, according to new research published today by Theos, the public theology think tank.
This is Chapter 9 from David Hay’s book Something There: The Biology of the Human Spirit, published in London by Darton, Longman & Todd, 2006. ISBN 0-232-53637-0; and in Philadelphia by Templeton Press in 2007. ISBN-10: 1599471140; ISBN-13: 978-1599471143.
Atheists have, of late, had great fun demolishing the argument from biological design. Best known through William Paley's 19th century treatise on Natural Theology, this argues that the adaptations to their environment that we see in animals and plants necessarily imply the existence of a divine designer. Charles Darwin, who had read and admired Paley as an undergraduate, subsequently explained these adaptations in terms of natural selection. The argument from biological design became untenable, as certain well-known biologists have recently reminded us.
Students in Seminole County, Florida, brought home their first report cards of term last November. There were, undoubtedly, some surprises inside these cards for hopeful parents, but the biggest surprise was on the outside: Ronald McDonald and the Golden Arches.
Christmas is like the NHS. Most of us have some local contact with it, and most of us like what we get. But most of us remain convinced that the institution is endangered, pushed to the point of extinction by politically-correct town-hall councillors or the health-and-safety mafia.