Jesus & the Pre-Raphaelites

// All culture is communicating a message, and we can either let that go unnoticed or pull it up against Biblical...

Written by Angeline Liles

I’m just like Luis Suarez

// Suarez’s actions have angered me; the attitudes of others have angered me even more. But first and foremost I need...

Written by Phil Green

New Year info-graphics, innovation and Alt-J en france

// Dan Preston sets us off for the new year with his pick of the week.

Written by Dan Preston

O little town of Bethlehem

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Written by threads

12 picks of Christmas: Swingle Singers, spoon-playing and the baby Jesus

// A bumper pick of the week chosen by some of our curators and editorial team to get you through the...

Written by threads

12 alternative Christmas-ish songs

// To get you through the remainder of the season...

Written by threads

Our great expectations

// Fleeing his childhood ways, Pip heads out into the wider world without any real sense of direction.

Written by Bryony Young

Live Review: Matt Corby & Bear’s Den

// Hackney Round Chapel, London, Tuesday December 11.

Written by Angeline Liles

Why I hate Christmas

// Ladies and gentlemen, Scrooge has entered the building...

Written by Katherine Maxwell-Rose

The Hobbit: Little man takes on the world

// I had to ride a horse in a fat suit with prosthetic make-up on and rubber fingers.

Written by Katherine Maxwell-Rose

Live Review: Ben Howard & Willy Mason

// Two contrasting but brilliant troubadours have diverse effects on the sold out audience at the Corn Exchange, Cambridge on November...

Written by Angeline Liles

Blessed are the innovators

// God says you have to make a difference.

Written by Dan Preston

The anatomy of an announcement

// It was almost as though the whole country was pregnant.

Written by Danny Webster

Wrath of Khan

// Is religion the last great taboo in comedy? Stand-up comics, Greg Davies and Russell Howard offer their insights.

Written by threads

US sitcom star’s attack: unnecessary, unseemly and un-Christian?

// Angus T Jones could do something more worthwhile than stirring up a peripheral and subjective debate about the virtues or...

Written by Ashley Vaughan

White ribbons, Led Zeppelin meets Hillsong, and murderous cats

// Hannah Mudge brings us her pick of the week...

Written by Hannah Mudge

Live Review: The Staves

// Village Underground, London, 19 November 2012.

Written by Lynda Davies

Muse as marmalade, Christian heavy metal and Auntie BBC

// Jonty Langley brings us his pick of the week...

Written by Jonty Langley

Letting go on the dance floor

// I am far more expressive in a club than I am at church. I dance like no one is watching....

Written by Phoebe Thompson

Awesome lunches, white people mourning Romney and more

// Danny Webster brings us his pick of the week...

Written by Danny Webster