More than just tea and samosas

Yesterday was one of those rare days in church, or anywhere else for that matter. One of those days when you meet somebody truly inspirational who is humble and oozes integrity and has actually influenced real change rather than just talking about it. This guy was Inderjit Bhogal, who is according to his website an [...]



Clause 61: Grey Areas of Free Speech

Free speech is something wooly liberals tend to support……it is one of those things that is a “nice” idea. However, in reality free speech becomes something far more complicated. As the discussions regarding the BNP over the years have shown there is a fine line between free speech and discrimination. There are similar issues around [...]



Art(icle)

Carolyn Arends has this article about why the arts matter, even in a recession, in the current edition of Christianity Today. It is an article which makes several important points about why the arts are important. She argues, from a biblical viewpoint, that we are created to participate in the arts….made in the image of [...]



Complex Questions which defy soundbites

The BBC has, presumably, used material released to the media in advance of the relevant government announcements to give us this insight into what the party who still have the audacity to call themselves “Labour” are planning to do on welfare reform. The page includes an interview with James Purnell where he trots out a load of soundbites [...]