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Vinyl's still doing it for me

Hugh Southon is Sorted’s very own retro man. He’s got football shirts dating back to the year dot and a revived passion for 45 and 33 rpm records that 'crackle' when you play them.   THERE WAS a time when playing music was a big event... read more »

Little pity for flouters

Are Christians ever above the law? Tony Yorke looks into the case of a Droitwich couple who have got into hot water while defying strict COVID-19 laws.    A SAD tale has crossed my path this week – about a Christian couple from Worcestershire who have... read more »

Covid: God 'giving hope'

While the world is floundering in the wake of the Covid-19 crisis, Christians around the globe are drawing strength from their faith and their relationship with God. According to a far-reaching survey published by The Bible Society, 42 per cent of all respondents said that... read more »

Sorted's top 70s films

We love lists over here at Sorted – and, as you know, we like to provoke the occasional reaction. Over the next few weeks, you will find our intrepid team of opinionated souls publishing quite a few of them on our new website. For starters, our... read more »

Make or break for Jose?

Jose Mourinho's managerial career is following a predictable pattern again, and Hugh Southon believes his time at Spurs may finally be running out.   THE SELF-PROCLAIMED ‘Special One’ is always greeted as a hero and grabs some decent results before his team’s start to experience a... read more »

Des’s BME cancer plea

‘Dancing’ Des Coleman – the popular ITV weatherman – is urging men from Britain’s BME communities to stop putting off getting checked for prostate cancer. The former West End singer and actor, who now plies his trade in ITV’s Central region, is urging men, particularly... read more »

Pimm's and hymns

A bartender-turned-vicar has said his online ‘Pimm’s and Hymns’ sing-a-long sessions have been ‘a real light in the darkness’ during lockdown. Father Lee Taylor, the vicar at St Collen’s Church in Llangollen, North Wales, invited his flock to join him in a live get-together on... read more »

Crouch keeps his distance

Peter Crouch, the former England international footballer, is playing a crucial role in reminding people who attend a Gloucestershire church how they must socially distance. Some members of the St Mary’s church congregation in Cheltenham struggle to imagine what two metres actually looks like –... read more »

For better and for verse

Poetry and some gritty real-life experiences are honing the support a Loughborough-based charity is offering as it reaches out to people suffering from drug and alcohol dependency, writes Tony Yorke.   STUART HARDY-TAYLOR was a prisoner to addiction for as long as he cares to remember. As... read more »

A wizard idea?

Tony Yorke increasingly dislikes the modern-day obsession with reinventing things – and finds himself comparing many of our churches with Hollywood.   A FILM COMPANY has just announced it is to begin full-scale production of the 1939 classic The Wizard of Oz. As I digest the news,... read more »