The "Welcome to Olney" sign proudly proclaims it as the "Home of Amazing Grace". The hymn was written in the town by curate - and former slave ship captain - the Reverend John Newton, for his ...

My name is John Newton and I want to tell you my story. I am an old man of eighty, which is a good age to reach, but when I look back on my life…well, I’m not happy about some of the things I ...

Says author James Walvin: ‘its words speak to a human condition of suffering, and people coming out of suffering, and its ...

What a story behind the hymn Amazing Grace. John Newton (pictured), who wrote the words, was press ganged in the 18th century. He tried to escape, was lashed and kept in irons. Held prisoner in ...

The results showed those who regularly had a go at Amazing Grace, written by clergyman and poet John Newton in 1772, saw the ...

It is a well-known, yet largely unspoken, secret. On the morning of November 6, half the nation will wake up in despair. The ...

If America had a national folk hymn, Amazing Grace would probably be it. This well-loved and often sung hymn, written by John Newton in the late eighteenth century, is a powerful assurance   of the ...

It Was Beautiful' Coley Laffoon Honors Late Ex-Wife Anne Heche While Celebrating Their Son Homer's 21st Birthday 2023 SAG Awards In Memoriam Tribute Honors Olivia Newton-John, Anne Heche ...

Frostburg State University’s Department of Music will present a birthday celebration recital in honor of Adolphe Sax, the Belgian musician and inventor of the saxophone, on Sunday, Nov.

It has been an extraordinarily trying two weeks in the state of North Carolina. When Hurricane Helene arrived in the United States, it ravaged the Tar Heel State's western region—killing 115 and ...