Orthodox Christian Worship Podcast

Listen again to a podcast of Russian Orthodox worship music from 1910. Its extracts from Rachmaninov’s “Liturgy of St John Chrysostom”. The extracts are : The Great Litany The Little Entrance Presented by Chris Whiting. This music is great for contemplation of God. Click the play button for the audio or download. Play time is 10 minutes Songs of Hope

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One Hour Christian Praise

Listen again to the 18 May 2014 hour of Christian praise and worship music. Broadcast in the Songs of Hope program on Southern FM 88.3. Includes traditional hymns and contemporary songs. Includes the story of Dr James Fanstone in Brazil, in the “Christians who made a difference” segment, and the story of Rich Mullins in the “Christian Music Legends” segment

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Film review: BAD NEIGHBOURS, from Built For Speed

Bad Neighbours seems to have been spawned by a vaguely interesting idea, to mix Animal House-style frat boy comedy with the rambling, 30-something relationship comedy of Judd Apatow.  Unfortunately, Bad Neighbours takes the worst aspects of both, namely the crass, juvenile gags of the frat boy movie and the unfocused momentum-free narrative of a Judd Apatow film to create a

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Film review: FADING GIGOLO, from Built For Speed

Fading Gigolo is the Woody Allen film you have when you don’t have a Woody Allen film.  Apart from an appearance by Woody himself, the film features a romanticised upscale New York setting, Jewish humour and cultural insights and jaunty jazz music all built around a quirky yet moving romance.  With its low-budget look and heavily filtered cinematography by Marco

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Film review: YOUNG AND BEAUTIFUL, from Built For Speed

Despite their serious artistic intentions Francois Ozon’s films, which often depict the sexual awakening of young women, can’t help but titillate the rain coat brigade.  That will probably be the case with his latest film Young and Beautiful but it doesn’t diminish the fact that this is a sensitively acted, attractively shot exploration of the impact on a family of

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