Nick Page

Archbishop says nativity 'a legend' splutters the Telegraph with it’s usual frothing at the mouth. The Archbishop, you see, has had the temerity to suggest that there weren’t three kings present at the birth of Jesus. Or any kings in fact. And that – hold yourself steady – there may not have been an ass [...]

A bit of a ‘film’ weekend, with, unusually for me, a trip to the cinema (most of my film watching occurs on DVD with the surround system up as high as Claire lets me get away with). The Science of Sleep is by Michele Gondry who directed Eternal Sunshine. It shows all the Gondry flair [...]

My new book, What Happened to the Ark of the Covenant and Other Bible Mysteries, is finally out. At the moment, I don’t think it’s in stock in Amazon yet, but you can order it here. Among the crucial questions that I address are: How tall was Zacchaeus? What was so special about Joseph’s coat? [...]

Some time back I identified the real reason I became a writer: so I could buy lots of stationery. Notebooks, of course, lots of notebooks. And pens. Boy I have had a lot of pens in my life. And I’ve lost a lot as well. For a while, frustrated at the amount of pens I [...]

“The era embraced the technique of Beckenbauer, the grace of Pelé, and the guile of Cruyff. But there was only one team whose name I was writing in cow gum and glitter. Watford.” Olly Wicken I must have been about six when I first went. It was, if not the golden years, then the bronze [...]

The Archbishop of York has cut up his dog collar during a live TV interview as a protest against what is going on in Zimbabwe. Good for him. It reminds me of the kind of ‘performance prophecy’ that Ezekiel does in the Old Testament. Although I have to say, it would have been really great [...]

I’m not sure about facebook. I’ve got a page which I made slightly reluctantly, but people kept on at me about it till I thought I ought to have one. But then when I had one I get emails saying ‘so and so wants to be your friend’ and half the time I can’t remember [...]