Right now, for the first time in about 1400 years, Christians in the British Isles are living in a non-Christian culture. Yes, the remnants of Christian influence are all around us – but by and large, our society rejects the authority of the church,...
Race affects everything. From our everyday interactions to our sense of self, our educational prospects to our health outcomes, our career progression to our housing situation. Our race doesn't dictate all the details of our lives to us – but it has...
The climate and ecological crisis poses a massive threat to all of us. But somehow, the problem's so big it can feel hard to know what to do in response – or how to keep fighting for change after decades of trying. And for followers of Jesus, there's...
If there's one issue that defines many people's perspective on Christianity, it's sex and relationships. The church has a reputation for being judgemental and restrictive, for burdening people with a heavy weight of guilt around their sex life rather...
If they hear the phrase 'UK Christian politician', a lot of people will think 'Tim Farron'. The former leader of the Liberal Democrats and incumbent MP for Westmorland and Lonsdale knows exactly what it takes to live distinctively for Jesus in frontl...
As the general election campaign ramps up, all eyes are on the Labour Party. Will this be the moment they take power for the first time since 2010? And what – if anything – has the Christian faith got to do with Labour politics?Continuing our four-pa...
As an MSP, John Mason has the luxury of not being up for election on 4 July. But the fortunes of his party, the SNP, will be crucial to the outcome of the general election – and the future makeup of the UK itself. In the third instalment of our elect...
With the 2024 general election underway, The Whole Life Podcastbrings you a four-part election special! Christian politicians from four major UK parties discuss how the Christian story connects to both their own work and their parties' unique charact...
It's all flown by so fast! As we close out season 1 of The Whole Life Podcast, Paul and Grace chat about their favourite moments from the first 13 episodes, what surprised them, and the wisdom that'll stay with them. Stay tuned – we've got lots of ex...
Scientific advances have been rewriting our understanding of reality for centuries. Now, in the 2020s, the pace is rapidly accelerating. Whether it's the quest for immortality or the search for alien life, the treatment of pandemics or animal personh...
Fashion is the UK's biggest creative industry, worth over £26 billion a year. If we wear clothes, it affects us, whether we care about it or not. Our clothes aren't just functional – they communicate who we are and what we care about.Despite all that...
Think about the last time you bought an illustrated book. What percentage of the royalties do you think the illustrator got? Nope, not 50/50 with the author – most publishers only offer 3%–5%, even though illustrations often sell the book. Why do we...
It's not exactly a vintage time for politics in the West. Our prospective leaders either leave us apathetic or drive us into feral tribes.Perhaps the reason we're left so cold or scared by so many of today's political class is that we've let the impo...
''Christianity is outdated. A cultural relic from a less enlightened time. Superstition for the masses – not the kind of thing intelligent people believe in nowadays.'That's the general message New Atheism put out into the world in the noughties. And...
It's the 18th Century. Slavery has been a fact of life for millennia, and a new, racialised form is now powering the wealth and expansion of the British Empire. Faced with that reality, the British abolition movement should have been doomed to fail....
