The Secret Afterlife of Roy Orbison

Had he lived, Roy Orbison would have been 75 this year. Here, Daniel Kalder writes about the Big O's transcendental power... For me, like most people, memory is intricately intertwined with music. Another Brick in the Wall pt 2 was a hit the year I started school, and so the song always ... Read More...

How to Read a Church…and present a BBC4 TV programme

Richard Taylor’s programme Churches: How to Read Them  is showing on BBC4 (let’s face it, BBC4 is currently justifying the license fee on its own, with precious little help from elsewhere) and, a few episodes behind, on BBC2 on Friday evenings. Despite our supposed national Godlessness, countless people visit Britain’s churches every day, but how many of us ... Read More...

Reporting the Pope

I'm no fan of the Pope but I do think he should be given a fair crack of the whip, so to speak. At least we might expect him to be described accurately and with a genuine attempt at objectivity by our more intelligent news organisations. Alex Thompson on Channel ... Read More...