Maldon's St Mary's church blesses laptop to herald arrival of new...

BLESSING a laptop with incense may be one of the stranger things that church-goers have seen, but hopes are high that the unusual ritual could spark a revival of one of England's forgotten traditions.To mark the launch of a new website to promote choral evensong, St Mary's in Maldon joined a host of other cathedrals and churches around the country in the unorthodox ceremony.Colin Baldy, who directs the choir at St Mary's, said: "I expected everyone at church to think that it was completely...