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Words of caution about the ‘woke’ revolution
By Canon J John People around the globe are talking about ‘wokeness’. There is much discussion surrounding whether people are ‘woke’ or not. For those who need clarification, to be ‘woke’ is ‘to be alert to racial or social discrimination and injustice’ (Oxford English Dictionary). In many ways it’s an awakening and a movement that […]

A novel view of a dysfunctional future
By Catherine Fox I owe debt of thanks to the Church of England Newspaper for all those years I spent writing a weekly column.  Some of you will remember ‘A Novel View of the Week’.  In all, I think I kept it up for around 14 years.  It taught me to write to a deadline, […]

The Gospel According to a Sitcom Writer
By James Cary I’m a comedy writer for the BBC, having written for sitcoms on BBC1 (Miranda, My Family) and created sitcoms for BBC Radio 4 (Hut 33, Think the Unthinkable), so I spend quite a lot of time thinking about jokes. There are three things we often say in my line of work. The […]