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Church trial date set for ACNA Archbishop Steve Wood

Church trial date set for ACNA Archbishop Steve Wood

Published by Sam Flores

(RNS) — Archbishop Steve Wood, who leads the Anglican Church in North America, will face a church trial beginning on July 20, according to an announcement from the court Tuesday (April 21). He has been accused of sexual harassment, bullying and plagiarism and faces three church charges: alleged violation of ordination vows, conduct giving cause for “scandal or offense” and sexual immorality. The Tuesday announcement also revealed that Wood filed a motion to dismiss the case. The court will hear arguments on that motion beginning on May 7. “We are grateful to the Court for its diligent work in this matter,” said the Rt. Rev. Julian Dobbs, who serves as dean of the province, in the statement. “I ask that our clergy and lay members join me in earnest prayer that God, in His wisdom and providence, would bring a just and righteous resolution, that His Church would be preserved in truth and unity, and that all parties involved would know His grace.” Wood was inhibited, or temporarily suspended from his ministry, in mid-November, days …

Church trial date set for ACNA Archbishop Steve Wood

Church trial date set for ACNA Archbishop Steve Wood

Published by Sam Flores

(RNS) — Archbishop Steve Wood, who leads the Anglican Church in North America, will face a church trial beginning on July 20, according to an announcement from the court Tuesday (April 21). He has been accused of sexual harassment, bullying and plagiarism and faces three church charges: alleged violation of ordination vows, conduct giving cause for “scandal or offense” and sexual immorality. The Tuesday announcement also revealed that Wood filed a motion to dismiss the case. The court will hear arguments on that motion beginning on May 7. “We are grateful to the Court for its diligent work in this matter,” said the Rt. Rev. Julian Dobbs, who serves as dean of the province, in the statement. “I ask that our clergy and lay members join me in earnest prayer that God, in His wisdom and providence, would bring a just and righteous resolution, that His Church would be preserved in truth and unity, and that all parties involved would know His grace.” Wood was inhibited, or temporarily suspended from his ministry, in mid-November, days …

Ronnie Wood to play rare solo show in London this summer

Ronnie Wood to play rare solo show in London this summer

Published by Daniella Wilson

Get the inside track from Roisin O’Connor with our free weekly music newsletter Now Hear This Get our free music newsletter Now Hear This Get our free music newsletter Now Hear This Ronnie Wood, the iconic guitarist for The Rolling Stones, is poised to play a rare solo show in London this August, marking his first full live solo sets in over 16 years. The intimate performance at the O2 Kentish Town Forum on 21 August will see the 78-year-old musician joined by close friend and singer-songwriter Imelda May. The announcement follows high demand for Wood’s solo appearances, which initially saw him add an extra date in Amsterdam. He has now confirmed two new shows: the London gig and a performance at Cologne’s E-Werk on 3 September. Expressing his excitement, Wood declared: “I’m looking forward to kickin’ ass with my back catalogue and some new songs – look out London!!” Before his storied tenure with The Rolling Stones, Wood was a pivotal member of Faces, the rock band responsible for hits like “Stay With Me”, …

The skylines of the future will be made of wood

The skylines of the future will be made of wood

Published by Jenni Sidey

This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. Picture yourself in a wind-swept forest. Leaves are rustling and trunks are creaking as trees sway to and fro. This oscillation might seem precarious, but it’s actually an ancient adaptation: If pines and firs and all the others were perfectly stiff, a gust would snap them. So instead, they flex.  Now teleport yourself to the top floor of a skyscraper during the same windstorm, ever so slightly bending in the same way. A tree’s clever evolutionary trick, you see, has made the modern metropolis possible: As towers reached higher and higher in the early 20th century, architects used not wood but steel to create giants that would similarly flex in hurricane-force winds and as earthquakes rattled their foundations. But as the world gets hotter and wildfires more intense, architects are turning back to trees for more than inspiration. Engineered materials like cross-laminated and glue-laminated timber, in which layers of wood are glued together, create beams that are tough and somewhat flexible, yet lightweight. …

Bridgerton and White Lotus stars Nicola Coughlan and Aimee Lou Wood next SNL UK hosts

Bridgerton and White Lotus stars Nicola Coughlan and Aimee Lou Wood next SNL UK hosts

Published by Daniella Wilson

Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent Culture email Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Saturday Night Live UK has announced its next hosts ahead of the sketch show’s return from a mid-season hiatus. Bridgerton star Nicola Coughlan will present the series on 25 April, with musical guests Foo Fighters, while Aimee Lou Wood, known for her roles in Sex Education and The White Lotus, will guest host on 2 May. She’ll be joined by the singer Meek. Since the launch of SNL UK on Sky last month, Tina Fey, Jamie Dornan, Riz Ahmed and Jack Whitehall have fronted the comedy series. The show is taking a break this weekend, but will be back the following week with Coughlan, who made a brief appearance in the show’s debut episode. Nicola Coughlan and Aimee Lou Wood are hosting ‘SNL UK’ (Getty Images) Musical guests so far have included Wet Leg, Wolf Alice, Kasabian and Jorja Smith. The …

Benjamin Wood: ‘John Fowles’s The Magus was so frustrating I threw it at the wall’ | Books

Benjamin Wood: ‘John Fowles’s The Magus was so frustrating I threw it at the wall’ | Books

Published by Sam Flores

My earliest reading memoryWhen I was eight, my mother bought me Stanley Bagshaw and the Short-sighted Football Trainer by Bob Wilson. I grew up thinking he was the same Bob Wilson who played in goal for Arsenal and presented sport on ITV. That wasn’t true, but it has never dampened my appreciation of this brilliant rhyming picture book, which ought to be reissued to inspire more kids to read. My sons adore it. My favourite book growing upThe Red Pony by John Steinbeck had a profound effect on me in secondary school. I was amazed by how vividly a writer could evoke a landscape in words. It was also the first novel that moved me to tears, and stories that can do that will always stay dear to me. The book that made me want to be a writerAround the age of 20, I had a bout of illness that left me bed-bound for a few weeks. I was feeling pretty low. But it was during this time that I read Mr Vertigo and In the Country of Last Things …

Artist Qualeasha Wood Says Viral ‘BedRot’ Performance Copied Her Work

Artist Qualeasha Wood Says Viral ‘BedRot’ Performance Copied Her Work

Published by Jenni Sidey

On Saturday, a performance by artist who goes by the alias Aphex Redditor went viral on social media after she laid down and continually scrolled through Instagram Reels for 24 hours. But as the performance gained attention on Instagram and X, another artist, Qualeasha Wood, accused Aphex Redditor of copying a similar performance she had staged the year before. In March 2025, Wood staged a performance called Attention Economy at London’s Pippy Houldsworth Gallery, whose release for the exhibition also explicitly invoked the term “bed rotting,” which refers to the act of staying in bed for prolonged periods of time without doing much at all. A screen showing a feed from Wood’s phone appeared alongside her. In September, she repeated the performance at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London. Related Articles That performance appeared alongside tapestries featuring layered images of the artist, recalling the way pictures are often overlaid in one’s browser. Those tapestries have gained Wood widespread attention: one that appeared on the cover of Art in America, ARTnews’s sister publication, was acquired …

Jo Wood, 71, reveals why she skips this 1 meal amid decades-long Crohn’s battle

Jo Wood, 71, reveals why she skips this 1 meal amid decades-long Crohn’s battle

Published by Daniella Wilson

Ronnie Wood’s ex-wife, Jo Wood, shared an insight into her lavish diet and exercise routine and revealed the one meal she skips to maintain a healthy lifestyle following her Crohn’s Disease diagnosis.  The 71-year-old TV personality, who rose to fame after she married the Rolling Stones guitarist, opened up about her eating habits in her later life and explained why she likes to eat strictly “clean and fresh” foods.  Spending north of “£80 to £100” on organic produce, she said she always had her fridge stocked with vegetables and fresh fruit to help her stay on track and avoid snacking on unhealthy items.  Among the details of her daily meal plans, the mum-of-four shared that she usually skips breakfast and holds off on eating until midday, when she enjoys a “simple but delicious” lunch of “banana mashed on good organic bread with a drizzle of olive oil and a sprinkle of cinnamon”. She revealed she alternates this meal between her banana creation and a portion of “kefir with honey and banana”. Jo told Bella how …

Elijah Wood reveals the ‘LOTR’ group chat name, shares what their daily exchange looks like

Elijah Wood reveals the ‘LOTR’ group chat name, shares what their daily exchange looks like

Published by skeptic

The fact that there’s still an active Lord of the Rings group chat after 25 years is a testament to the close bond of hobbits. In the Late Show clip above, Elijah Wood reveals to Stephen Colbert that he still speaks to his fellow cast members every day, and that their group is called “Shire Folk”. “Dom [Monaghan] retitled it ‘Shire Folk’. It was ‘The Hobbits’, but he was like, ‘Ah, it’s too on the nose.’ And we text each other every day,” says Wood. “We do the New York Times Mini Crossword, so we share our scores on there.” Deeply wholesome. Source link

England paceman Wood making slow progress from knee injury

England paceman Wood making slow progress from knee injury

Published by Sam Flores

March 14 : England paceman Mark Wood said his recovery from a knee injury is “real slow going” but the 36-year-old knows that at this stage of his career it could all be over if he pushes too hard. Wood returned to the longest format after 15 months to feature in the first Ashes test against Australia in November, but was ruled out of the remainder of the series following a recurrence of a left knee injury. “It’s real slow going with the stage I am at in my career,” Wood told the BBC’s Tailenders podcast. “It’s quite a fine balance, where if I push this too hard then that could be it. “It’s six-week blocks, it’s not day by day, it’s specialists and rescans every six weeks. It’s been improving since what I got told had been an explosion in my knee in Australia. “I’ve started running now and I’m hoping by the next block it’s in a position where maybe I can start lightly bowling.” Wood, who has taken 253 international wickets in …