“A lyrical, almost elegiac taking of the nation’s spiritual temperature … absorbing and colourful … Moreton can make you laugh out loud, and generates a momentum that has you turning the pages wanting it never to end.” Peter Stanford in The Observer Exploring the dramatic changes to British culture, spirituality and national identity over theContinueContinue reading “Is God Still An Englishman?”
Monthly Archives: June 2014
On You Go Son
There was a beautiful, touching moment in the FA Cup final that got lost in all the silly nonsense about Arsenal. It was about men and boys, fathers and sons, and not just football. Alex Bruce, the Hull City defender, had given his all for an hour. Sometimes he seemed to be holding Arsenal at bayContinueContinue reading “On You Go Son”
My Father Was A Hero
“A masterpiece. As good a book as you will read this year or next.”The Sunday Express “Very moving, wonderfully evocative, challenges our myths about heroism.”The Daily Mail “A touching tale of the difficulties of being a father or son.” The Observer My Father Was A Hero: The True Story Of A Man, A Boy And TheContinueContinue reading “My Father Was A Hero”
What Will The World Be Like In 100 Years?
A piece inspired by news that baby girls in one village can expect to live to be 100 years old. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVn1h7dJkUI
Hungry For Home
Hungry For Home: A Journey To America From The Edge Of Ireland was published by Viking and Penguin. “Extraordinary … when I put it down I wasn’t sure whether I had seen the film or read the text; the quality of its writing creates an essence which is both visual, oral and literary.” Irish Times
Cole Moreton 