The month of July finds Holly and Darren in a very peculiar twilight zone … They recorded this podcast on July 4th 2024 and they are still waiting for the UK election result! A great opportunity, then, to discuss thresholds, liminal spaces, waiting and hope. Staying with the timey-wimey theme, they also review the most recent series of Doctor Who s…

Home 2 Hospital’s mission and strapline is “Supporting the community of Larbert and Stenhousemuir with free hospital transport service for people living with cancer”. A carefully-worded description which covers a well-organised support and an amazing relief for those in the area who receive a cancer diagnosis, and who face a weekly or daily round t…

What is prayer? Ask Dave! We were delighted to have a chat with author and broadcaster Dave Tomlinson about his new book, OMG! A Bad Christian’s Book of Prayers. He spoke to Darren & Holly on Zoom from his ‘Holy Shed’ for our June podcast. Dave needs no introduction from us but we’ll do it anyway! He’s a well-known face in Christian circles as a wr…

Hello faithful listener, it’s right there in the title – in this podcast we give you Civil War and death! Well, Darren and Holly review the new movie, Civil War, and we pick up some thoughts about death, grief and funerals. So, nice and light and breezy. The continuation of our chat about grief was prompted by the publication of Cariad Lloyd’s book…

Wexford K9 Search and Rescue Scotland is our latest featured ‘small voice’. Our roving reporter Margaret meets Rod Stoddart who tells the story of the organisation and his dogs’ rescue and therapy work. They can find themselves out in the open looking for a missing person or at a high school, a care home or University, bringing calm where there is …

The one where we do a Bible study … well, sort of! For April’s podcast, Darren & Holly review Marilynne Robinson’s latest book, Reading Genesis. As our erudite listeners may know, Marilynne Robinson is a much-admired American Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist and essayist. How can Holly and Darren match the AMAZING quotes about Robinson and about her…

In this podcast, Darren and Holly chat about former British MP Rory Stewart’s book Politics On The Edge. It’s had great reviews since it was published last year in hardback and is due out in paperback very soon. Does it live up to the hype and give a compelling insider’s view about British politics? Or did we already know that Boris Johnston is a l…

We do like to be beside the seaside! Welcome to another special smallVOICE featuring ‘small voices’ – individuals, groups and organisations that are small but making a big difference. This time, our roving reporter, Margaret, speaks to two people involved with providing beach wheelchairs, a great project allowing people access to some of Scotland’s…

It’s February, and we join Holly & Darren, lost in a sea of online choices… Are the choices we make really our own or have we been shepherded towards them by ubiquitous AI algorithms? In the context of monetised apps and technology, how do we heed St Paul – no less – by not conforming to the pattern of this world? In a year where there are so many …

Welcome to this special smallVOICE feature about the great work of Street Pastors in Falkirk in central Scotland. Our roving reporter, Margaret, spoke to volunteers John, Nikki and Joanne, just a few days before Christmas. These volunteers aren’t just for Christmas though – they are out in the city centre every weekend of the year, helping people l…