Tom Westrum would like to hear church bells ring Sunday morning throughout Litchfield. Not just to beckon parishioners to worship services. But to honor veterans and the end of World War I.

“For centuries, the tolling of church bells was our most important communication method,” said Pallàs, standing inside the belfry which doubles as his classroom. “Machines cannot reproduce ...

You would hardly combine the words extensive training with bell ringing, but that is exactly what a church in Kilifi has to do to keep its ancient bells tolling. In our school days, bell ringing ...