Tom Stoppard is one of the greatest living playwrights. End of. His output has been remarkable so I’ve always been excited when news of new
Amidst a fairly busy schedule in Turkey this week, managed to occupy a day off with a trip into the mountains above Antalya to the abandoned
Any walk along the Thames Embankment or the South Bank is bound to conjure up memories and evocations. This ancient river is observed/guarded/ignored by countless
No, please don’t worry – I’m contemplating neither. But I did rather enjoy these two little ditties in Wendy Cope’s marvellous anthology of humorous poetry, The
The 400th Anniversary of the King James is everywhere. And that’s fantastic. There’s perhaps a greater chance of it being read by British people this
A VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ONE AND ALL!! Sacred Treasure Very helpful article by Scot McKnight cutting a dash through the apparent problems harmonising
In early 2009, the then poet laureate, Andrew Motion gave an interview in the Guardian in which he lamented the pervasive ignorance about the Bible. He
Sacred Treasure Vinoth Ramachandra, in the midst of a very stressful situation, writes trenchantly from a Sri Lankan perspective about the Healthcare debates in the
Richard Eyre’s anthology of interviews with various thesps and drama types (Taking Theatre) has been a fun book to dip into – the perfect filler
OK now for something a little less serious (and by popular demand) – well a couple of chums have asked for my thoughts on the
Having been with Rachel to see the recent London revival of Tom Stoppard’s Arcadia a couple ofweeks ago, I’ve hardly been able to stop thinking
Bernard Levin was a genius and a journalist – not characteristics you often find combined. Opinionated, non-religious, liberal, anti-establishment, but also quite conservative at times,