Just Seen
Media, issues and events in the spotlight - Past Topics 5
The Silence Of Our Friends
- As the Arab Spring turns to an Arab Autumn, one story amid the trauma is not being told. The shocking murder of more than one hundred and forty Christians in a double suicide bombing of the congregation of All Saints Church
When The Mighty Lose Their Thrones
- Mobile footage of the end of tyrants makes for compelling TV and leaves the sour aftertaste of voyeurism in the mouth. It was the first image of its kind to lodge in the imagination of this generation.
Pie In The Sky
- Humanitarian aid is distributed in murky places run by the powerful. Should we accept any moral compromises made as necessary to save lives? In the First Epistle of John it says: If anyone has material possessions and sees his ....
War Without End
- The one audit which is never made publicly is the way conflict tempts people to despair of God. Wilfred Owen described it as the ‘abode of madness’, so how exactly does one convey the insanity of war?
Text The Casbah
- Digital technology can be used to repress people as well as to help free them. This simple truth is overlooked by those who breathlessly herald the power the internet to change the world.
Mother Teresa With Rocket Launchers
- Is humanitarian warfare a contradiction in terms or a necessary component of a civilised world? It is now more or less two decades since the appalling Bosnian war and the genocide in Rwanda,
Books For Summer
- Let's hope for a good summer. Here are some ideas to keep you entertained in the long hours of sunshine. Some people put more thought into their holiday reading than neo-conservatives put into a foreign invasion
Summer Reading
- It’s time to pack sun cream and shorts for another summer holiday. But what to read as the sun beats down and you forget about life? The emergence of Kindle has opened out a world of possibility for holidaymakers.