Wilt he or won't he?

New avengers

Kay Parris met the veteran Tory MP, TV personality, bestselling novelist and high profile Catholic convert a few days before her bid to be Speaker of the House of Commons ended in defeat.

Physicist, theologian and author John Polkinghorne explains why for him science and religion are two cousinly halves of the same reality. Interview by Kay Parris

David Bentley Hart is an Eastern Orthodox theologian, philosopher and cultural commentator whose remarkable breadth of knowledge and understanding is widely recognised — not only in his expert areas of theology and the Western philosophical tradition, but also in the fields of world literature, art, history, and culture.

Despite the threat our urban lifestyle poses to wildlife, many creatures manage to flourish in London. Kay Parris reports

Imagine a budget like we've never had before — a budget for a better world. Kay Parris has a vision

Thousands of people have rejected the uncertainties of religion and existentialism alike in favour of a spiritual alternative. Kay Parris asks: "Is anybody there?"