All articles by Martin Saunders – Page 2
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Archive contentA Life Less Misérable
Martin Saunders looks at how blockbuster musical Les Misérables – now out on DVD – can be powerfully harnessed to start conversations about God
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What happened next
After 2012 confounded Mayan predictions and turned out to be a feel-good epic, how on earth could the next year possibly live up to it? Martin Saunders looks at how 2013's biggest events unfolded at home, abroad, and within the Church.
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Archive contentFit for purpose
With national obesity rates rising and the fitness industry booming, is there a more sensible middle way?
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Playing with Fire
Swipe right if you would, left if you wouldn’t. Thanks to smartphone app Tinder, 21st century speed dating has picked up the pace...
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Archive contentNo more happy endings
A string of dark British TV dramas have proved to be major ratings winners. So why are millions of viewers trading the traditional good-defeats-evil story for something much bleaker?
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Archive contentStar Crossed
American writer John Green might be the most important author you’ve never heard of. Martin Saunders explores a world of unlikely smash hits to find out why.
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Archive contentIs the Future Broken?
TV’s sharpest writer thinks we’ll get the future we deserve. Martin Saunders asks: Should Christians listen to him? TV’s sharpest writer thinks we’ll get the future we deserve. Martin Saunders asks: Should Christians listen to him?
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Archive contentA Divisive Brand
He’s one of the most famous and controversial figures of the new millennium, whose loose tongue wins him critics and fans alike. Has Russell Brand really reinvented himself as a deep-thinking revolutionary, or is it all just a cry for attention?
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Archive contentThe Gender Agenda
In these enlightened times, we might imagine our children are finally growing up in an age of gender balance. Yet, as Martin Saunders discovers, various cultural factors suggest the picture isn’t quite so rosy.
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Thriving, not surviving
This summer Martin Saunders visited the Soul Survivor festival to discover why it has become an irresistible force in UK youth ministry...
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Should we ignore the Mormons?
A new musical is heading for the London stage, and it’s got controversy written all over it. Martin Saunders asks if we should ignore, embrace or campaign against a play that has some shocking things to say about religion.
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How the world went mad for Mad Men
It’s more than just a TV show, argues Martin Saunders, Mad Men is having an impact on everything from fashion to office politics...
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The Faith Factor
As millions settle in for the seventh series of The X Factor, fourth series runner-up Rhydian Roberts talks to Martin Saunders about how his faith inspires his music...
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What can Dukan do?
Yo-yo dieter Martin Saunders wonders if France’s latest food fad will be the answer to his problems
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The Three Conversions of Fuzz Kitto
Three ‘conversion moments’ have given the remarkable Fuzz Kitto an unusual view of the global Church...
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Comedy characters or faithful portrayal?
As hit BBC sitcom Rev. ends its first series, Martin Saunders reflects on its realism...
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Joking Apart
What can preachers learn from the stand-up comedy revolution? Martin Saunders takes to the stage...
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The Ambiguity of Doubt
Hollywood's latest offering tackles child abuse in the Catholic Church - but is this good news for the Church?
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The church of the digital age
It can feel impossible to keep up with technological advances. But for the sake of the gospel, we have to try…
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