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It will be a pity if Maestro, Bradley Cooper’s biopic of the iconic American conductor and composer Leonard Bernstein, is only remembered...

The actor Andrew Scott has recently spoken about his need to very emphatically pause in the middle of a Shakespearean play. The reason...

I love the TV advert for Audible that begins: “The greatest storyteller always had the perfect story whenever you needed to hear it.”...

I love the exchange between Fred Craddock, the legendary teacher of preaching, and one of his students. The student had turned in a...

When I started this blog yesterday, I had not anticipated that on my visit to teach at Spurgeon’s College today I would find the statue...

There has been something of a storm in France over Ridley Scott’s new film Napoleon. There is no question over the lavish splendour of...

We are on the cusp of entering Advent. Churches will be getting their four candles ready, and the one for Christmas Day. The young and...

The end of November is the time I tend to think about Christmas. It begins with looking at all the TV adverts from the supermarkets. They...

When I stepped into church as a visitor on Sunday morning I was asked if I wanted a pencil to take notes on the sermon. Personally, I...

My wife and I have just returned from holiday. At dinner every evening the food was served on piping hot plates that were still warm to...

My post-settled-pastor life has involved taking a lot of flights to Riga. The service and punctuality of Air Baltic is generally...

Martin Scorsese who at 80 is in London to mark the release of his latest film, Killers of the Flower Moon, was asked by an interviewer,...