Since moving to Cumbria I’ve got into listening to podcasts a lot more. Life is generally more spread out here, and so work commitments often involve popping in the car to burrow up into the Lakes or getting on the train to trek along the Morecambe Bay coast. Consequently podcasts are a brilliant way to make the most … More 5 Things Millenials Can Learn from their Elders
We’ve fallen in love with soundbites and need a dramatic turnaround back to the importance of substance… That was BBC political correspondent Nick Robinson’s warning when he gave the inaugural Brian Redhead lecture on politics and the media recently. Of course that’s my own soundbite summary, but his point was a perceptive one, certainly applicable … More Soundbite over substance – a changing media and a changing ministry?
On Monday I posted the first part of some thoughts coming out of watching The Adjustment Bureau recently. These were mainly focused on the way the film captures the prevailing mindset that religion is out to spoil our fun, and needs to be cast off to allow us to fulfil our potential, our real destiny. … More The Adjustment Bureau God (Part 2)
Zoe & I watched The Adjustment Bureau this weekend and it got me thinking about a few things. As Saturday night entertainment goes it’s a pretty little flick; at only 1hr 40m it certainly doesn’t feel long. It’s loosely based on a short story by Philip K. Dick, which explains why, as genres go, it’s … More The Adjustment Bureau God (Part 1)
That Happy Certainty 