My favourite reads of 2021 December 31st, 2021 I thought this had been a poor year for reading, as I spent the majority of ... Books
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
Best of the Rest – 2018’s top films, shows podcasts and other random things December 28th, 2018 Last week I shared my top reads of the year, and mentioned how (relatively) few books I've ... On Life, Some Beans
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
Home is where… July 4th, 2017 At some point in my first year at uni I read (not for the first time) ... Books, Reviews
Making a Song and Dance About Assisted Suicide January 23rd, 2017 Picture the scene: a young couple are walking hand-in-hand across the stage. The girl’s red dress ... Arts, Between the Lines, On Culture, On Life, Personhood, Things that matter
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: Resurrection Year February 23rd, 2016 "Books like this usually end with a miracle." So said one of the potential publishers of ... Books, On Faith
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
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
Truth, Lies and Dancing January 21st, 2015 I'd forgotten I was going to the theatre last night. At 7pm I was just getting ... Arts, On Life
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
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
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
Review: Resistance July 8th, 2013 Owen Sheers is a man of many talents. I first stumbled across him a few weeks ago ... Books, Reviews
Review: The Expats March 22nd, 2013 It's slightly ironic that the latest book I read as part of my Bookclub, and have ... Books, Reviews
Dilemma: Do I Recommend this Book? January 29th, 2013 Towards the end of last year I found myself with time to spare in Foyles, one ... Books, Reviews
Jeffrey Archer and The Art of the Trilogy January 22nd, 2013 I've recently finished reading Jeffrey Archer's The Sins of the Father. It's the second in his trilogy ... Some Beans
