For August, we preview some of our favourite picks from online sessions at the 2022 Edinburgh International Book Festival, Anne’s Thousand Words guest is Frances Bloomfield, and Margaret brings us our small voice of the month – this time it’s inspiring charity Listen Well Scotland. We have a couple of …

More good stuff from Alex Booer in this Podcast Extra… Alex was Anne’s ‘Thousand Words’ guest for our smallVOICE podcast in July, and if you enjoyed that, you won’t want to miss this! In this additional part of her conversation with Anne, Alex explores disagreement and understanding. Why is it …

It’s July and it’s hot, hot, hot! This month we’ll cool down by reviewing the first novel by the Rev Richard Coles, ‘Murder Before Evensong’; Anne’s Thousand Words guest is geologist & theologian (oh yes!) Alex Booer; our roving reporter Margaret brings a welcome in the Highlands of Scotland for …

It’s summer: the sun is out, the sky is blue and here’s our June podcast! Packed full with musings on matters moral, ethical and spiritual. This month we review the memoir Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner, and we revisit a  Thousand Words feature with Kelvin Holdsworth specially for …

It’s our 100th smallVOICE podcast and we might be celebrating just a bit. This month we take a look at the final series of Channel 4’s Derry Girls, Anne’s ‘Thousand Words’ guest is American pastor Jared Stacy who is currently doing a PhD in theological ethics (and boy, does he …

It’s the near mythical ‘next podcast’ folks… Welcome to the smallVOICE podcast for April and we have sunshine and showers in the form of music and musings on matters moral, spiritual and ethical. We review award-winning poetry book The Kids by Hannah Lowe, which just won the Costa Book of …

Do not disturb the sleeping Panda …. No March podcast folks! Covid has struck the team, but we’ll be back in April. See you then!

It’s February and here’s a real winter warmer podcast! We review the BBC Radio 4 series and podcast ‘Things Fell Apart’ by Jon Ronson; Anne’s Thousand Words guest is veterinarian and pioneer minister Allan Wright, Margaret introduces our latest small VOICE of the month which, this month, is the Edinburgh …

Jings! It’s another year! Better get on with it. In our January podcast, we review the West End musical ‘Anything Goes‘ as shown on TV at Christmas – it also tours in the UK later in the year; we have music in the form of two fab songs from Iona …

Our December podcast is a festive Selection Box of items in another hour-long mix of matters moral, ethical and spiritual. We review this year’s crop of Christmas TV adverts, Anne speaks to pastor Jonathan Somerville who shares his picture that’s worth a thousand words & tells us about ‘Blue Christmas’; …