It really doesn't. Though I appreciate with the way funding is, it sometimes has to.

This festival has been hacked back and is now not even a shade of its former self

Pre-pandemic the festival had a bit of depth and variety - heck one fest even had a CinePunked panel exploring sci-fi connections to Lewis' writing.

This feels like cashing in cynically on a name, and as an East Belfast native, I'm embarrassed.

What set them aside from some of the other harder-lined denominations was their lack of militancy.

Casting quiet judgement on others is one thing, actively policing it and shutting down anyone else's ability to be heard is quite another.

It's not a world I want to be back in.

I grew up in the Brethren church, and many of my other-denomination Christian friends are surprised by this. It's a pretty hard-line denomination.

There were more tolerant folk within our church, but many of those in power were unforgiving of anyone who viewed things differently.

Oh gosh - hadn't even considered that as a possibility.

Reducing the cholesterol has proved very difficult so far.

Glad you're getting relatively good news.

I've just been told I'm going to have to go on statins. I'd deflected it for ages but cholesterol still too high :(

I'm very excited by it. I know the fans want the gothics, but my gosh I've waited a lifetime for some of these!