Writing a column about bell-ringing is, in a way, a hopeless endeavor. The experience is like taking a photocopy of a photocopy — the product takes you further from the art at hand, the lived ...

It’s been five months since her Stage 3A colon cancer diagnosis. This bell ringing was certainly a celebration. Julie now joins a special group of survivors who have celebrated by ringing a bell.

But bell ringing has a rich history, integrated into daily and liturgical life year-round. It is a tradition being rediscovered and appreciated by anthropologists, academics, musicians and an ...

Although understanding the history and methodology behind Harvard’s bell-ringing tradition helps illuminate this niche art form, the bells are also physically beautiful as pieces of art themselves.

Iwan Cotgreave said the perception of bell ringing needs to change to recruit more people. Church bells are synonymous with Christmas, but could the sound of them ringing soon be consigned to history?