“I don’t know mate,” said Jamie Oliver when I interviewed him the other day. “I’m not sure I’d want to be married to me. But Jools made that decision. It’s a challenge.” He was off to America again; she was at home with their three daughters. “My wife’s a real homey. The thing is, I grewContinueContinue reading “Jamie Oliver gets confessional”
Author Archives: Cole Moreton
St George was Johnny Foreigner – so he’s the perfect saint for the English
What has a bloke on a horse with a ruddy big lance got to do with modern England? Isn’t that crusader suit a bit inappropriate these days? And aren’t fire-breathing dragons an endangered species? The story of Saint George and the dragon has long seemed like a barmy old myth, way out of kilter withContinueContinue reading “St George was Johnny Foreigner – so he’s the perfect saint for the English”
‘The Almighty losing his grip’ on Today
Good Friday morning at the Today studio. John Humphrys has just finished wrestling with rail union boss Bob Crow, the Bishop of London is looking stately in the Green Room and Jim Naughtie says: “With me now is Cole Moreton, author of ‘Is God Still An Englishman?’ Oh blimey, here we go … you can hear howContinueContinue reading “‘The Almighty losing his grip’ on Today”
'Required reading' says the Sindie
The Independent on Sunday says: “Moreton’s persuasive portrayal of what [our faith] – and we – evolved into should be required reading for every English man and woman – whatever their creed or colour.” You don’t have to be English of course, but I’m hardly going to argue with someone who also says: “The Cole Moreton revealedContinueContinue reading “'Required reading' says the Sindie”
'Absorbing and witty' says The Observer
Peter Stanford has been very nice about ‘Is God Still An Englishman?’ in The Observer. Here’s some of the review: “The tension between believing and belonging provides the structure for Cole Moreton’s lyrical, almost elegiac taking of the nation’s spiritual temperature. I say almost elegiac because, having charted the decline of organised Christianity and the loss ofContinueContinue reading “'Absorbing and witty' says The Observer”
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