Community Rallies to Protect Local Cobbler Until Supermarket Cancels Plans to Expand

by Andy Corbley | Nov 20, 2025 | Inspiration-GNN

When a corporate shoe repair chain wanted to open a location in a Gloucestershire, town, locals rallied in a signature gathering campaign to protect their local cobbler. An example of small-town sanctity, a petition to reject the corporate newcomer was promoted on...

Timbuktu’s Medieval Manuscripts Return Home After a Decade Away Safe from Insurgents

by Andy Corbley | Nov 20, 2025 | Inspiration-GNN

Thousands of ancient Arabic texts have returned to their rightful place in the legendary Saharan trade city of Timbuktu after years of safe-keeping further south. Having undergone extensive digitization, fear that the content of the manuscripts may not survive the...

Heart Transplant Survivor Has Best Day Ever as Traveling Fan for Carolina, Meeting Panthers Legend

by Andy Corbley | Nov 18, 2025 | Inspiration-GNN

From a chilly Green Bay comes a heart-melting story via Charlotte, where a heart transplant survivor had the day of his life as a traveling fan for his beloved Carolina Panthers. Bryson Shupe was born with a congenital heart defect, and 8 years ago, required...

Nobel-Worthy Prime Minister Attempts to End Century of Ethnic Hatred for Armenians

by Andy Corbley | Nov 17, 2025 | Inspiration-GNN

“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God.” (Matthew 5-9) It’s a quote befitting the actions of the world’s oldest Christian nation, especially because its government just concluded a landmark agreement for peace and reconciliation rarely seen...

Stolen 18th-Century Painting of St. Francis Returned to a Mexican Church

by Andy Corbley | Nov 17, 2025 | Inspiration-GNN

7 years ago, a Mexican fine art auctioneer submitted their upcoming auction catalogue to a database of stolen art as part of a due diligence process that’s pretty standard in the industry. Analysts flipped through the pages of paintings and portraits, clearing each...