When it’s cold, when it’s grey, instead of saying you’re going to go out and do a 40-minute walk, allow yourself to say: ‘I’m going to do five minutes.’

As the days lengthen and February approaches, wonderful, subtle-scented, crowd-pleasing drifts of snowdrops form.

The Sámi herders from Nordland county are accusing the Øyfjellet windfarm constructors of breaking licensing agreements which stipulated that construction would not interfere with reindeer migration paths.

The creators said they hoped the design would help people reassess the effectiveness of borders and encourage dialogue rather than division.

A vegan restaurant in south-west France has won a Michelin star, the first for an establishment serving only animal-free products in France.

One feels inclined to say that the intention that man should be “happy” is not included in the plan of “Creation.”

“One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious.”

Thou hast made me known to friends whom I knew not. Thou hast given me seats in homes not my own. Thou hast brought the distant near and made a brother of the stranger.

My desires are many and my cry pitiful, but ever didst thou save me by hard refusals; and this strong mercy has been wrought into my life through and through.