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Book review: Valuable, by Liz Carter

August 21st, 2023

"What do you do?" It's a question we so commonly ask when meeting someone new. It's a ...
Books, On Faith, On Life, Reviews
My top reads of 2020

December 31st, 2020

I managed to hit 50 books on my read/listened to list this year - helped by ...
Books, Reviews
Review: Deeper Still

October 6th, 2020

Earlier this year I was invited to endorse Deeper Still, and opened the pdf thinking 'I ...
Books, On Faith, Reviews
Review: Sensible Shoes

June 5th, 2020

It took me a long time to get round to reading this book. The trouble was, ...
Books, On Faith, Reviews
On discovering my subconscious racism

July 19th, 2019

I recently received a review copy of a new book by Ben Lindsay, called We Need to ...
On Culture, On Life, Other, Reviews, Things that matter, ThinkTheology
When life doesn’t go as planned

March 21st, 2019

Life doesn't always go as we planned. But I'm pretty sure you didn't need me to ...
Books, On Faith, Reviews
Books of the Year 2018

December 21st, 2018

I did not read anywhere near as much this year as I normally do. Only 31 ...
Books, Reviews
Becoming Real

September 17th, 2018

A couple of weeks ago I mentioned Catherine Parks' forthcoming book, Real, in a post, and promised you a ...
Books, On Faith, Reviews, ThinkTheology
On Surviving Your Darkest Hour

January 30th, 2018

I thought this was going to be a post about flawed heroes. In the past few ...
Leadership, Movies, On Culture, Reviews, Things that matter, ThinkTheology
‘Those who Wait’ – Review

November 2nd, 2017

When looking for a Bible study, I like to find one that opens up the familiar ...
Books, Reviews
Home is where…

July 4th, 2017

At some point in my first year at uni I read (not for the first time) ...
Books, Reviews
Review of the year (or ‘Last year I may or may not have become a spy’)

January 9th, 2017

If you've been following closely, you'll remember that for my birthday last year I had a ...
Arts, Books, Movies, On Life, Reviews
Review: Walk With Us

June 23rd, 2016

"I basically want to be Sam Seaborn," I said. "Don't we all?!" he replied. I was being interviewed ...
Books, On Culture, Reviews
Surprisingly good reads

May 3rd, 2016

I have to admit, they didn't sound promising as holiday reads, a book about dementia and ...
Books, On Life, Reviews
Review: I Am Malala

January 21st, 2016

What an outstanding start to my year's reading! I Am Malala is a beautifully paced, perfectly pitched telling ...
Books, On Life, Reviews
At the turn of the year

January 4th, 2016

Yes, it's one of those 'review of last year, looking forward to next year' posts, and ...
Books, On Culture, Reviews, Some Beans
When Strangers Become Friends

October 1st, 2015

I first met Amy at the launch of my friend Chine Mbubaegbu's book Am I Beautiful? "Hi," I ...
Books, Editing, On Faith, On Life, Reviews
Review: Celebration of Discipline

March 2nd, 2015

I love books I have to read with a pencil in my hand. Well, that's not ...
Books, On Faith, Reviews, Things that matter
A Feast of Foodie Films

September 11th, 2014

This summer saw the release of two new foodie films, both of which I watched. The ...
Arts, Movies, Reviews
Review: The Dust Diaries

August 27th, 2014

One of the dilemmas of holidays is what books to take. Yes, I know this is what ...
Books, On Culture, Reviews
Review: ‘Belle’ – Not your average ‘frock flick’

June 21st, 2014

Last night, I didn't fly to New York. Virgin Atlantic had been running a competition to celebrate ...
Movies, On Life, Reviews, Things that matter
Review: Eight Essentials: Keys to Success for New Writers

March 12th, 2014

So you want to be a writer, huh? But where to start? That’s the big question. Well, ...
Books, Habits of Great Writers, Reviews
An Epidemic of Everyday Violence

March 3rd, 2014

Billions of the world's poorest people have no access to law enforcement to protect them from ...
Books, On Life, Reviews, Things that matter
Follow the Instructions

February 24th, 2014

Emmett lives in a world where, in the words of his favourite song, 'everything is awesome'. ...
Movies, On Culture, Reviews, Things that matter
Philomena: Finding freedom through forgiveness

November 11th, 2013

Warning: spoiler alerts for Philomena - save this to read after seeing the film, if it's ...
Movies, Reviews
Am I Beautiful?

September 13th, 2013

I gave greater-than-normal consideration to what I wore yesterday. In the evening I was going to ...
Books, On Faith, On Life, Reviews
Review: God*Stories

August 30th, 2013

You know those adverts for dog food that show rich, meaty chunks, in bite-sized pieces, smothered ...
Books, On Faith, Reviews, ThinkTheology
Review: The Godless Boys

August 19th, 2013

There are some books which get loads of hype, then you read them and think 'why? ...
Books, On Faith, Reviews
Review: Resistance

July 8th, 2013

Owen Sheers is a man of many talents. I first stumbled across him a few weeks ago ...
Books, Reviews
What’s the point of reading?

June 4th, 2013

Last weekend I made my first pilgrimage to the UK's biggest and best literary event: the ...
Arts, Books, On Culture, Reviews, Things that matter

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