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Charles, can we come to an arrangement?
(8 minutes) As she dutifully wades through Dickens’ Bleak House, Monica Sharp recalls adolescent traumas provoked by reading the famous English author. Can this great writer but flawed man be liked, or must he only be admired?
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The priest of Black Sabbath: why heavy metal and Christianity might just be compatible
(15 minutes) Fr Oskari Juurikkala is a Finnish Catholic priest who is crazy about heavy metal and hard rock. He told Adamah Media why.
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Stories: a gentle way to change the world
(8 minutes) Entertainment can be a very serious matter, argues communications specialist Juan Narbona.
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“The ultimate rhyme and rhythm is the life of the Trinity”
(6 minutes) Priest and poet Joseph Evans talks in this interview about his collection of poems When God Hides and the close relationship between poetry and spirituality.
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“Let us disarm words and we will help to disarm the world”: Pope Leo XIV’s programme for a new media
(6 minutes) Joseph Evans is dazzled by an outstanding call by the new pontiff for a revolution in journalism and social communication.
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On shame, vulnerability and marble jars
(12 minutes) Isaac Withers explains how reading Brené Brown, the story of the garden of Eden, and some ground rules for vulnerability helped him learn that guilt helps but shame doesn’t.
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The Existential Bob Dylan
(10 minutes) Michael Kirke celebrates a modern-day Homer who, guitar in hand, has sung his epic as the great Greek bard did centuries ago with his lyre.
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Painting eternity: what can art tell us about the afterlife?
(5 minutes) Joseph Evans listened in to a discussion about art, death and what might follow it between people of widely different backgrounds and beliefs.
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Why study the humanities?
(3 minutes) Teaching inner-city kids in London has helped Alex Norris see that the humanities are as relevant as ever and should be a key part of any school curriculum.
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Reading a good book helps us read ourselves
(4 minutes) Ryan Service helps us unpack a new document, surprisingly by a pope, which encourages reading not just the Word of God but also the profane word of secular literature.
