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Top 10 films of 2021 (so far)
We are almost a week into the Euros and we’re now past the midway point of June – so it is time to sit back and assess the first six months of the year in film. For us all, it’s still a relativity new experience... read more »
Top 'stream teams' revealed
Chelsea may have recently lifted the coveted Champions League – but the likes of Liverpool, Manchester United, Manchester City and Spurs continue to dominate the airwaves as Europe’s most watched football clubs. The Blues find themselves in ninth place a new YouTube list of the... read more »
Why life is poorer virtually
I am really quite surprised as I look at life in the modern world at the number of items – once deemed necessities – we no longer need or require. We are used to hearing how the Internet has changed everything, from how and what... read more »
Singing through the pain
A choir that has provided a lifeline to more than 700 UK schools during lockdown is backing a campaign bidding to force the government to ease restrictions that are preventing thousands of people from rehearsing indoors. The BIG Sing, who have performed with stars like... read more »
Europe's ‘kairos’ moment
For some reason, Western Europe has long been a region where Christianity has failed to take root. But things might be starting to change, writes J John. At least locally, Europe’s hard ground seems to be breaking up with a new receptivity for the gospel.... read more »
No1 film hero revealed
Suave and sophisticated, James Bond has been named as Britain’s favourite big screen movie hero – while Hannibal Lecter was voted the nation’s No1 villain. A study carried out by Showcase Cinemas has seen 007 take the top spot with almost a quarter (24 per... read more »
Happy 40th, Indiana Jones
In just over a week’s time, Indiana Jones – the film character played to near perfection by Harrison Ford – will be 40-years-old. And I can’t quite believe it! I first saw the original film during its initial UK release. Ever since I first watched... read more »
Food firm's meals pledge
A UK company is pledging to buy one meal for the world’s most vulnerable and needy children every time it sells one of its new range of ‘brownie’ bars. Bobbies Brownies co-founder, David Stretton-Downes, hopes to make a significant contribution to the work of Mary’s... read more »
VAR from the madding crowd
A new survey has presented the damning effects VAR is having on the match day experience of the average football fan. It shows that clubs can expect to lose a significant amount of support while the controversial technology continues to be used by the game’s... read more »
Alive, real and so true
Some things stay engraved in your mind forever because they had a profound effect on you when first heard them. And so it proved for me. It was 25 years ago, shortly after I decided that there was a God, that I heard him described as... read more »