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Last week the BBC Radio family was united in grief for the loss of iconic DJ Steve Wright and unanimous in appreciation of his unique...

I heard someone speaking this morning about the role of an inspirational teacher in their lives. This teacher had lit a spark of interest...

I was talking my wife this week about what is it that makes a person a good preacher. We agreed that the primary thing that helped us to...

Scripture is full of people’s stories. In thinking about how God relates to people in Scripture we can imagine his involvement in our...

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...