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Highgrove to grow herbal remedies(UK Times)
BY ROBIN YOUNG
THE Prince of Wales has made land at Highgrove, his
Gloucestershire home, available for growing plants that will supply
herbal medicines.
The Prince is a devotee of homeopathic remedies based on herbal
extracts, and he hopes that his latest venture will not only boost the
production of medicinal plants in Britain but also help to protect
endangered species growing in the wild.
About 15 million people in the United Kingdom now use herbal
remedies regularly. As a result of the rising demand for herbal
medicines, some 200 medicinal plants in Europe are endangered
by over-collection.
The Prince’sland at Highgrove will be leased to grow medicinal
plants in partnership with the University of Westminster’s
Polyclinic Department. In trials, 45 plants have been cultivated,
including black cohosh, used in treatment of pre-menstrual tension,
and Siberian ginseng, used to increase stamina.
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Easy-read' service book is insult to past,
says Prince(Electronic Telegraph)
By Victoria Combe, Religion Correspondent
THE Prince of Wales has joined a protest against the "Disney language" of the
Church of England's new service book, Common Worship.
The Prince has submitted a
chapter to a book called The Real
Common Worship, which
condemns the liturgy as "a travesty
of Christian faith". The volume of
essays will appear the week
before the much-trumpeted launch
of Common Worship on
November 17.
It accuses the Church of England
of driving worshippers away with
language fit for a Hollywood
musical. Common Worship will replace the Alternative Service Book of 1980
as the authorised text for the Church of England.
The Prince is a patron of the Prayer Book Society, which campaigns to keep
Thomas Cranmer's liturgy of 1662. His essay, based on a 1989 speech, says
the Church has left Cranmer's work "battered and deformed" in an effort to
make it "easier to understand". The Prince adds: "Our banalities are no
improvement on the past, merely an insult to it. In the case of our cherished
religious writings we should leave well alone."
The book is edited by the Rev Peter Mullen, rector of St Michael's, Cornhill,
London. He targets the "Disneyfied" wedding service in Common Worship
that has the minister saying: "In gentleness let them be tender with each other's
dreams." The couple say to each other: "All that I am I give you."
He claims it is "unrealistic" of the Church to leave out the Prayer Book's
references to carnal lusts and appetites. Mr Mullen says: "It has the
Hollywood musical elements of fantasy. 'All that I am I give you' is like the
title of a song by Bing Crosby."
The new Holy Communion Service replaces "He took bread, broke it, gave it
to his disciples" with "He had supper with friends". Mr Mullen said: "What -
Savoy Grill or Chinese takeaway?. The new words are almost blasphemous
and at least profoundly disrespectful to the memory of the Last Supper."
He also attacks the funeral service for replacing the line, "Though worms
destroy my body" with the words, "After my skin has been destroyed". And
he accuses the Church of adopting the "touchy-feely language" of the
counselling clinic.
Other contributors to the book include A C Capey, of the Prayer Book
Society, Roger Homan, professor of religious studies at the University of
Brighton, David Martin, author of religious books, Diarnaid MacCulloch,
fellow of St Cross College, Oxford, and Ian Robinson, author and literary
critic.
Mr Homan claims that decline in church attendance has been prompted by
revisions to the traditional liturgy since the 1960s. He writes: "From the years
of liturgical innovation in the 1960s until shortly after the advent of the
Alternative Service Book, the Church of England was virtually reduced to half
its size."
The Bishop of Salisbury, the Rt Rev David Stancliffe, who is chairman of the
Liturgical Commission, which oversaw the drafting of the new service book
over seven years, has vigorously defended the language. He said the new
liturgy offered an "alternative" to those who found the language of the Prayer
Book to be "extraordinary historic forms of expression".
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Britain honours movie king(BBC News)
Royal assent: Prince Andrew honours Spielberg in LA
Stars of the British film industry joined Prince
Andrew in Los Angeles on Saturday to honour
the work of director Steven Spielberg.
Spielberg, whose works includes Jaws, ET and
Schindler's List, received the special Britannia
Award for excellence in film.
Famous names including Ben Kingsley and
Brenda Blethyn applauded Spielberg as he paid
tribute to the influence of British films on
Hollywood.
"The British film industry has created more
than a ripple for the last 65 years. It has been
a tidal wave of creativity," he said.
The award was made in honour of the
American film director Stanley Kubrick who died
last year. The director of A Clockwork Orange
and Paths of Glory made his home in England.
Spielberg has received
numerous accolades
throughout his career,
including several
Oscars and Golden
Globe awards.
Saturday's event at
the Century Plaza
Hotel, in Los Angeles,
attracted well known
names including Jeff
Goldblum and Jane
Seymour.
There are 700 members of Bafta in Hollywood.
The Britannia Award is their most prestigious
annual event.
Prince Andrew has been touring California
promoting British business.
He told the audience of celebrities: "I've only
been in Los Angeles for a short time, but I've
seen a tremendous amount of work by
Hollywood's elite. I believe the term is
schmoozing."