Revolutionary road

Ex-rabble rouser and provocateur Russell Brand believes the teaching of only one man can save us from a vacuous existence. 

Russell brand has gone through many incarnations during the 18 years of his unpredictable and often controversial career. Television presenter, comedian, writer, actor and activist are all words which have preceded his name, along with other titles which have been insinuated but not necessarily verbalised, such as drug addict, sex pest and bigmouth. Of all his manifestations, though, his latest is possibly the most surprising, as he becomes ever more articulate about his religious beliefs, his deeply personal feelings about Christianity, and the big guy himself. So insightful are his views, and more importantly, so accessible, one has to wonder if the 42-year-old Essex intellectual could one day become the mouthpiece Christianity needs to push it into the 21st century.

“My personal feeling is the teachings of Christ are more relevant now than they’ve ev...