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  • 18 Dec 2009
    Radical freedom in the kingdom of sweets

    Edwin Denby’s attempt to link the famous Nutcracker ballet with the message of Christmas – from “envy and pain” to “invention and social harmony” – offers only part of the potential religious content of this seasonal ritual, says Spencer Dew.

  • 2 Dec 2009
    Beverley Knight launches charity singing event to combat world poverty

    Hundreds of ice skaters will join award-winning singer Beverley Knight in a free charity Christmas performance at 5.30pm tomorrow, at the Natural History Museum ice rink in London.

  • 4 Oct 2009
    Famous hymn writer who linked faith and social justice has died

    Fred Kaan, one of the great hymnwriters of the twentieth century, and a passionate Christian advocate of social justice, has died, aged 80. He passed away in the early hours of Sunday 4 October.

  • 10 Sep 2009
    Methodist accordion-player aims to "make London happy with music"

    A Methodist organist is planning to use his hour on Trafalgar Square's fourth plinth this Sunday simply to make London happy with music. Peter Harding, organist at Acocks Green Methodist Church in Birmingham, will play the accordion to passers-by.

  • 29 Apr 2009
    Beyond cultural timidity and moral confusion

    Conformity and concern about image are the enemies of truth, says Jill Segger. Yet they are everywhere in our testosterone-driven culture. Purity of heart enables us to respond to the unconventional or unexpected with integrity, as well as feeding clear-sighted conscience.

  • 15 Apr 2009
    Dreaming an unexpected dream

    How many assumptions do we make about other people, on a daily basis, for no other reason than experience, bigotry and lack of imagination? Hannah Kowzsun has her presets challenged by Susan Boyle.

  • 8 Apr 2009
    Re:Creation is a dream realised

    The great tradition of the biblical oratorio lives on, says Andrea Stephens. Retired URC minsiter Derek Wensley has his full-length work Re:Creation performed at St John's Smith Square in April 2009.

  • 17 Mar 2009
    Musical protesters will strike a note for peace against London arms fair

    East London Against the Arms Fair are appealing directly to the state-owned Abu Dhabi Exhibition Company, owners of the ExCel Centre, to stop hosting the London Arms Fair in 2009 - with a musical message.

  • 29 Oct 2008
    Young gospel singer sounds right note for Christian Aid

    London teenager Zoe Oputah will make her recording debut after winning a national gospel talent competition, raising money and awareness for the anti-poverty work of UK-based international development agency Christian Aid.

  • 20 Apr 2008
    Christian Aid seeks new musical talent for CD launch

    Leading international development agency Christian Aid has teamed up with Rockhill Music to launch a national competition to find new gospel talent to feature on an album that will be launching publicly in November 2008.