Doctor, Who do you think you are?
Ten years ago it was a TV relic with wobbly sets and awful papier-mâché monsters. Today it’s a BAFTA-grabbing sci-fi phenomenon. Thanks to a complete reimagining by some of broadcasting’s […]
Author Archives: Martin
Thriving, not surviving
It’s Monday evening, 8.30pm. Jeremy Vine’s earnest face appears, introducing a Panorama special about ‘the disturbing youth rallies taking part in sleepy Somerset.’ Cut to a montage of video footage, […]
Rev: Comedy Characters or Faithful Portrayal?
Britain has a rather unique history of religiously themed sitcoms. More accurately, there is a tradition in this country of TV shows based around the Christian Church, from 1960s favourite […]
The Gospel According to Philip Pullman
What’s the opposite of redemption? Reduction? Desecration? Whatever the definitive answer might be, in his new book The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ, Philip Pullman may have created […]
Church of the digital age
As a child of the 1980s, I can still remember a time when simple video games would catalyse a sense of wonder in adults and children alike. As a four-year-old, […]
The final Delirious gig
Been wanting to post this since I wrote it, but had to wait for the new issue of Youthwork (in which this appears) to arrive. It now has – so here’s my […]
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