This is the month when many of our readers go on holiday – and it seems likely that, given the blistering temperatures predicted in Europe this month, at least some of it will be spent indoors. Even those who spend their summer at home can look forward to more time to read. We suggest that some of that reading be spiritual or religious – even in the loosest sense. For busy people, there is little chance except on holiday for spiritual reading, yet we can all be nourished by books of a spiritual character. It can turn a holiday into a small retreat. One very simple yet transform-ative little book is by the French monk known as Brother Laurence, called The Practice of the Presence of God. Try it.