An interesting e-mail arrived in my in-box the other day which some of you might be interested in:

11 September is not only the 5th anniversary of the World Trade Centre
disaster. It's 100 years since Gandhi made his famous declaration of non-violent passive resistance ("satyagraha") in front of 3000 Indians in the Empire Theatre in Johannesburg.

John Morris, an Anglican clergyman who used to be a teacher, has written a useful book called Contemporary Creed. It's designed for people who are interested in the faith, and/or those who want to go deeper - and tackles the hard issues on a bite-size 60-question journey through Christianity.

I've done a few more recently. To read 'thoughts' on flying and Big Brother among others, visit the Thought for the Day website by clicking here.

Ibiza, with its sun, bars and clubs, and a justified reputation for drugs and sex, attracts thousands of clubbers in the summer. Brian Draper meets others who stay on the island to offer them a reflection of the love of God

Earlier this summer, I was asked to contribute some 'moral guidance' to the Guardian's Money section, on the subject of pre-nuptial marriage agreements. Click

A detective story much in the style of Raymond Chandler’s famed Philip Marlowe novels. A quick witted hard hitting ‘detective’ finds the corpse of an ex flame and embarks on a mission to uncover the mystery behind her untimely demise.

Brian Eno and David Byrne have recently re-released their seminal collaboration from ’81. Entitled ‘My life in the bush of ghosts’ , as with much of Eno’s work, it’s considered to have had a profound influence on the shape of pop music - mainly because it was one of the first albums to extensively use sampling. Eno and Byrne ‘borrowed’ from excerpts of ecstatic sermonising by Pentecostal ministers, ‘The Jezebel Spirit', and sections of the Koran being read allowed, 'Qu’ran', - although the latter track has been omitted from the re-release due to objections from the Islamic council of Great Britain.