Don't Forget About the Baby
At one time, every parent and child knew all about Nativity plays. Many will have memories and photographs of tea-towel-adorned shepherds,…
The Name's Bond
James Bond has been in the spying business for such a long time that he really ought to be up for a long-service award. But the…
Creating Life in the Lab by Fazale Rana – a review
The creation of a simple bacterium with completely synthetic genetic material by Craig Venter and co-workers last year created a huge wave…
Catfish
One of the many changes which the Internet has brought into our lives is that it is remarkably easy to masquerade as something we're not.…
The Writing on the Wall
In The Writing on the Wall, Maggi Dawn sets about doing what John Stott called "double listening" – "it means that we’re called…
Lady Gaga
I'm not sure exactly what makes someone a phenomenon, but anyone who has managed to win 62 music awards in two years and has produced a…
Peter Pan Theology
Postmodern liberalism may sound liberating and enticing to its adherents, but it may be no more than a 21st century fairy tale for the…
The White Ribbon
‘I don’t know if the story I want to tell you is entirely true,’ confesses the narrator at the opening of Michael…
Alive – a review
This is a lovely little book. It is deliberately little; it is a shortened version of Dan Clark’s previous book Dead or Alive? I…