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Taking on Hollywood

Luke Walton
Monday 23 Jan 2012

At the start of 2010, Rob McLellan was a film studies tutor at a sixth form college in the north of England. Today he is in discussions in Hollywood about the possibility of making a feature film.

Such is the success of Bible-based film competition Enter the Pitch, brainchild of Bible Society’s Arts Development Officer Luke Walton. We asked Luke to tell us about it.

The Gospel According to Peanuts

Jennie Pollock
Tuesday 6 Dec 2011

How do you get Bible readings on national television against the will of the schedulers? I recently stumbled across the following article by Lee Habeeb telling the story of how Charles M Schultz - creator of Charlie Brown and Snoopy - managed just that. It is reproduced here by kind permission of National Review Online.

The Importance Of Uncertainty

Tom Avery
Saturday 5 Nov 2011

As an artist, all is uncertain. Whether a dancer, musician, sculptor, photographer, writer like myself, or creative of another ilk, uncertainty has a way of painting itself across your work. Uncertainty at the quality of your work, ‘Will any audience like this song?’, uncertainty at financial viability, ‘Is this really going to be commissioned?’, and, most crucially, uncertainty of your calling, ‘Am I just dreaming, is this really what God has got for me?’ Thankfully, uncertainty is crucial, it is God’s proving ground, a place of unparalleled character growth.

God is in your Typewriter

Liam Thatcher
Thursday 6 Oct 2011

As I rode the underground this morning, ‘i-podded’ and head buried in my book, cocooning myself in a blanket of media with which to blot out the world around me, I stumbled across a poem. It stopped me in my tracks, caused me to raise my head, remove my headphones and look around me with fresh eyes.

Reflections on Everything

Andy Crouch
Monday 26 Sep 2011

A few months on from Everything 2011, we caught up with Andy Crouch to hear some of his reflections on the event and his trip to the UK.

God’s Plan to Change the World

Liam Thatcher
Wednesday 31 Aug 2011

What's wrong with the world? How did it get this way? And what's God going to do about it?

Poets and Puddles

Abigail Malortie
Wednesday 3 Aug 2011

Picture a typically English summer scene: a corner of the Suffolk countryside, the farmland crisscrossed by tents and caravans of all shapes and colours...

Interview with Paul Kerensa

Anna Moyle
Tuesday 14 Jun 2011

Paul Kerensa is a standup comedian and award-winning scriptwriter for Not Going Out and Miranda. His work has received numerous awards, including the British Comedy Awards 2010 for Best New Comedy - Winner (Miranda), and a nomination at BAFTA 2010 for Best Scripted Comedy (Miranda). Paul trained at Guildford School of Acting and is the only bellybutton-less comedian in the world.