Term

Culture

Type
Review
A painting of an 18th Century servant bent over a washing tub.

Forgetting the big ideas

Nick Jones

How to collect ideas that have changed the world. Nick Jones reviews A...

3 min read
Type
Article
An oak tree stands over a field and fence, behind which, in the distance, rises a man made hill with a flat top.

A prophet in springtime

Andrew Rumsey

A visit to a spring, surrounded by marks of belonging, prompts Andrew Rumsey...

4 min read
Type
Review
The head and torso of a mannequin lie abandoned in undergrowth

The rude guests

Hannah Eves

The Earth Transformed chronicles what happens when civilisation comes up...

4 min read
Type
Article
A view of a lightly misted valley to mountains in a desert area.

The falcon’s call

Anthony Baker

Awed by an encounter with a bird of prey high above a Texas river, Anthony...

4 min read
Type
Review
An old man accompanies a young woman into a wood-panelled hall, both look aprehensive.

Who’s by your side?

Lauren Windle

It’s tough to watch A Good Person. Its laser focus and tenderness prompts...

6 min read
Type
Essay
A ploughed field of red soil is in the foreground, sloping down into a valley with a track and green fields beyond

A place on Earth

Elizabeth Wainwright

Pondering the power of a place, Elizabeth Wainwright believes it roots us...

7 min read
Type
Review
A haggard Jesus is looks ahead during the night.

Cinematic Passions

Yaroslav Walker

Gibson, Darbont, Pasolini, Eastwood and Scorsese all feature in priest...

6 min read
Type
Review
In a boxing ring, an umpire stands between two boxers who stare hard at each other.

Meditating on violence

Yaroslav Walker

Violence is inherent to life - and a lot of movies. Yaroslav Walker asks if...

8 min read
Type
Review
In a hall decorated for a celebration a person stands in front of a seated group, all have their arms raised in celebration.

For love there is no charge

Sian Brookes

Out of mind old people are at the centre of Allelujah! Sian Brookes reviews...

5 min read