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Maradona runs in celebration, holding a hand aloft as an England player sits dejected on the ground.

The decade that defined sport 

Simon Burton-Jones
What the sports stars of today owe to the eighties.
5 min read
Authored on
19/06/2024
Article
Comment
Sport
A tennis player stands ready to return a shot, while a phalanx of photographers crowd round a court-side opening to take a picture of him.

Winning the emotional whole in elite sport

Jonny Reid and Graham Daniels
As the pressure builds at Wimbledon, Jonny Reid and Graham Daniels reflect on the psychology vulnerabilities sports stars face.
3 min read
Authored on
12/07/2023
Review
Art
Culture
An impressionist painting of runners bunched together on the bend of a track.

The collective effervescence of sport’s congregation

Jonathan Evens
Art captures how sport and religion are entwined throughout history.
5 min read
Authored on
23/07/2024
Article
Culture
Sport
A cricket batsman surrounded by opposition players leaves the crease.

Scottie Scheffler has a lesson for this summer's fading sports teams

Graham Tomlin
The Open Champion's musings speak to the demise of Welsh Rugby and West Indian cricket
5 min read
Authored on
17/07/2025
Article
Creed
Idolatry
A professional footballer wearign a red top stands proudly beneath a white and black banner.

Idols or idiots? Why sporting stars cannot bear the weight we place on them

Graham Tomlin
Why it’s wise to know their place, and ours, in the universe.
5 min read
Authored on
02/03/2024
Podcast
Podcasts
Seen & Unseen Aloud
An aerial view of a pub with a large mural of a footballer on it

The profound and profane at sporting events, plus cafe time

Natalie Garrett
New episodes: listen to articles by Jonathan Rowlands, Graham Tomlin, and Joshua Nurcombe-Pike.
1 min read
Authored on
06/10/2025
Review
Culture
Film & TV
A player holding a finger to his lips stands in front of an indoor American football pitch.

Horror turns pro: when greatness demands blood

Yaroslav Walker
The pursuit of sporting glory turns into a fever-dream of sacrifice, madness, and mythic violence
5 min read
Authored on
14/10/2025
Column
Culture
Football
A striker is about kick a football towards a goal, a red beach ball sits between him and the goalkeeper.

Referees and stupidity

Jonathan Rowlands
What one referee’s foul-mouthed rant tells us about the nature of sport, and authority.
7 min read
Authored on
13/11/2024
Article
Comment
Purpose
A video still shows a beer can thrown at a golf amid a crows

So we won the Ryder Cup. At what cost?

Graham Tomlin
When beer flies and etiquette dies, maybe we’ve mistaken sport for something else
5 min read
Authored on
29/09/2025
Article
Character
Creed
A swimmer at the end of a race, looks to the result screen.

Letter to the Olympians

Ashley Null
A veteran sports chaplain writes a letter to Christian Olympians, on how they can find joy amid the 'funerals and weddings' of the games.
6 min read
Authored on
06/08/2024
Review
Culture
Football
A footballer takes a penalty kick.

Shootout: what penalties say about life

Simon Burton-Jones
Football is a global language and the shootout is the end to Shakespearian tragedy.
5 min read
Authored on
06/07/2024
Editor's pick
Creed
Freedom
A gaggle of cricket players, dressed in whites, stand on the field. One raises there arm

Can Bazball teach us something about freedom?

Cameron Wiltshire-Plant
In the wake of England's remarkable victory over India in Hyderabad, Cameron Wiltshire-Plant explores the unlikely links between Bazball and the spiritual life.
7 min read
Authored on
28/01/2024
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Creed
A person hold their phone on their desk, a think bubble from it says 'no'.
Forget AI: I want a computer that says ‘no’
Paul Bradbury
AI - Artificial Intelligence
Creed
Wisdom
6 min read
A classroom display of Christmas baubles under a banner.
Shining bright: Religious Education can reflect the heart of Christmas
Kathryn Wright
Christmas culture
Creed
Education
3 min read
Culture
An emoji-style brain divided in two with active emojis one side and calm ones the other.
How to help someone with ADHD to live well
Henna Cundill
Attention
Care
Culture
Psychology
5 min read
A head and shoulder image of Alice Roberts against a purple background
Alice Roberts’ new book is the Da Vinci Code without the pretence of fiction
Jonathan Rowlands
Belief
Books
Creed
7 min read
Comment
An Elizabethan man holds a dagger up while grinning.
Are you a narcissist?
Henna Cundill
Comment
Leading
Psychology
Theatre
6 min read
Trump address the UN.
The UN promised freedom of belief — but 80 years later, it’s still elusive
Steve Dew-Jones
Comment
Freedom of Belief
Politics
5 min read
Change
A man presents a heart shaped paper token towards the camera
The day everything felt different
Derek Hughes
Change
Community
Generosity
4 min read
An elderly Elvis impersonator sits on a stage wearing a gold suit.
How London’s little festivals opened the door to my community
Thomas Sharpe
Change
Community
Fun & play
3 min read

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