Despite a previously poor cultural track record which includes such low-points of Western civilisation as Derek Thomas, Swansea, and Shakin' Stevens (Excuse me, boyo , but his album `Whole Lotta Shakey' was much underestimated, wasn't it? -- ed.), Wales has upped its game recently in the person of...

Despite a previously poor cultural track record which includes such low-points of Western civilisation as Derek Thomas, Swansea, and Shakin' Stevens (Excuse me, boyo , but his album `Whole Lotta Shakey' was much underestimated, wasn't it? -- ed.), Wales has upped its game recently in the person of...

It's no secret that I don't like much classic hymnody and even less many of the contemporary Christian praise songs. One reason: too sentimental by half. In that light, I was struck by the following comments made by the late Dutch theologian, Klaas Schilder, on medieval attempts to make Jesus'...

I've been inundated all day with emails pointing to the fact that the BBC have confirmed that the three surviving members of LZ are reuniting for a one-off concert in London in November (though I was a little disturbed that it was described as the latest in a series of high-profile reunions which...