This article is an extract from my speech at the launch of Raja Ahmad Aminullah's latest book, ‘The bell has Rung: Time for a New Generation’, on the 6th of August. Raja Ahmad is a student of ...

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I was silent. I was bummed. I knew the bell lap was near and unless some miracle was soon to happen, my friend was dying and another void in my life was unfolding. I first became acquainted with ...

Over time, the act of ringing the bell has become a symbolic and ceremonial event, often featuring prominent individuals and ...

A bell in a historic County Tyrone church which has been silent for two decades has rung once again. St Macartan's (The Forth Chapel) in Augher was built in the 19th century in the heart of the ...

Shaun Whitmore/BBC The cupola on top of the church tower is also due to be restored Shaun Whitmore/BBC The Reverend Veronica Wilson says the old bell has not been rung for decades and is beyond ...