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  • November 22, 2015
    The Lord's Prayer and bewilderment in the Church of England

    The Church of England has expressed itself “bewildered” at the refusal of leading cinemas to show a short advertising film on the Lord's Prayer.

  • January 5, 2015
    #RoadToRuin: political misrepresentation in an age of social media

    For as long as there has been organised government, there has been satire. From Aristophanes to Steve Bell, power has been mocked: it is a mark of the spirit of freedom.

  • November 18, 2014
    The uses of memory: looking beyond chocolate bars

    The Blood Swept Land and Seas of Red installation is gone from the Tower of London. The disputes over white poppies and the British Legion's misuse of Eric Bogle's 'Green Fields of France' have died away. But in this centenary year of the start of the first World War, there is much remembering – both honest and contrived – still to be done.

  • May 13, 2014
    Unilever apologies and donates to CND over 'Lynx Peace' advertisement

    Following complaints about the ‘Lynx Peace’ marketing campaign, which CND described as 'co-opting' its symbol, Unilever has apologised and donated to CND's charitable trust.

  • December 20, 2013
    TUC welcomes select committee report on pay day loans

    The TUC has welcomed calls from the Business, Innovation and Skills Select Committee to ban pay day loan adverts from children’s television.

  • December 10, 2013
    The 'perfect host' and the true word of welcome

    Yesterday I received an email from John Lewis inviting me to “be the perfect host this Christmas”. This would apparently be facilitated by the purchase of “cookware” and “serveware" which would enable me to “cook with ease from morning to night.”

  • November 3, 2011
    The commodification of unfaithfulness

    Victories for personal freedom over the last 200 years have been one of humanity’s greatest achievements, but we must recognise and resist the confusion of positive liberality and destructive libertarianism, says Jon Kurt, commenting on the proliferation of 'martial affairs' sites. Should the narrative of ‘rights’ and ‘choice’ really eclipse the important relational conversation about trust, mutuality and faithfulness?

  • December 13, 2010
    Belgian football club declines Catholic shirt sponsorship deal

    A football club in Belgium's top division has declined the offer of a sponsorship deal from a leading Catholic newspaper, for fear of "attracting ridicule".

  • October 29, 2010
    ASA accused of reintroducing blasphemy by the back door

    A pressure group has accused the Advertising Standards Authority of effectively re-introducing the blasphemy law through the back door.

  • June 10, 2010
    Begetting a row about Jesus and politics