Sunday, he will sit in the pews at St. James and remember the feel of the padded kneelers, the skin of his grandmother’s hands and how she talked to the priests even outside the church doors ...

However, I’ve noticed something that may negatively affect church attendance. When I kneel down in a pew I’m put in a very uncomfortable position due my girth. Age and excess have turned my ...

Sir, - Canon Angela Tilby (Comment, 14 March) makes a valuable point about the disappearance of kneeling in the Church of England. Linking it to the removal of pews, however, may well be a case of ...