Friedrich Schenck, the relatively obscure painting 'Anguish' has garnered renewed interest thanks to social media.

I’ve learned a lot about sheep and goats during my time hiking in Israel. First and foremost, they are not to be feared. This ...

In it, one hears the faint notes of bagpipes, bleat of sheep, and the rustle of barley. On rare days, one might even pick up on the click and the lock of a loaded flintlock used to send enemies a ...

Fresh to town, Oliver Twist is assailed by “the whistling of drovers, the barking dogs, the bellowing and plunging of the oxen”, “the bleating of sheep”, “the grunting and squeaking of ...

Something feels off with my daughter. I mentioned it to my wife, but she pooh-poohed me (and then she got angry). Now I don’t ...

As an older man, I’ve learned to fully embrace joy in whatever form it chooses to reveal itself. To caress the fleeting ...

Full statement by Bishop Ancelimo Magaya Presidential term extension to 2030/33 is unconstitutional and will be resisted. God watches in derision-seeing the machinations of wicked regimes. A ...

Three wise men kneeling before an undocumented immigrant; Joseph looking lovingly at our political rival; sheep bleating next to an estranged family member. Advent isn’t primarily a reminder ...

Sound Off is an opinion forum for Mercury readers to comment on today’s news. Submissions must be 75 words or less and are ...

Park at the lay-by on the B6318 and it's roughly a 200-metre walk, where you'll need to cross a gated field dotted with tens, or possibly hundreds of sheep. Their bleating is interspersed with the ...