Composer and conductor John Rutter says he meets a different welcome when he arrives at a church in his guise as sound engineer. Read the article in full to find out more.

IN MARCH 2014, the TV presenter Jenni Crane was browsing in an antique shop in Crystal Palace when she happened upon an old brown leather suitcase. Deciding it would be a decorative way of storing her shoe collection, she bought it and took it home. The decision, she says, changed her life. ​Read the article in full...

From angelic chorister to daytime-television presenter, Aled Jones will be forever associated with The Snowman. He talks to Sarah Meyrick. What a treat to interview the utterly lovely Aled Jones. Read the article in full...

I've long had a passion for the Holy Land and the fate of those who live there. Here are two pieces on the subject: one from 2010, and another from 2016. 

​Simon Jenkins read up on cathedrals, then visited them all. He talks to Sarah Meyrick about his responses. Read the article in full... 

Here I write about why I set Knowing Anna on a pilgrimage. ​Read the article in full...

A YEAR or two ago, a new word slipped into the English language. Arguably coined by the British rap artist Lethal Bizzle in 2012, the word “dench” is more or less a synonym for “cool”. Examples include “absolutely dench” and “That was well dench.” Such is the iconic status of the actror of the same name that it was no time before that morphed into “That was well Judi Dench,” or even “well Judi”.  Read the article in full...

​IT IS the penultimate day of our journey — a 15-miler — and we have just slogged our way up Soakham Downs. The hill is well named: it has been raining all day, and our feet are squelching in our boots. Fortunately, two miles of dense woodland follow, offering some shelter from the relentless downpour. My research trip for Knowing Anna. Read the article in full...

​When some Amish schoolgirls were murdered, Terri Roberts was devastated to discover that her son was responsible. Sarah Meyrick talked to her. Read the article in full... 

When Rebecca de Saintonge’s husband was diagnosed with a terminal degenerative illness, it rocked her faith in unexpected ways. Sarah Meyrick talked to her. Read the article in full...