Samuel Sebastian WesleySamuel Sebastian Wesley (1870 1876) is one of the most influential figures in English Cathedral Music. In rewriting the settings of the Canticles he revived devotion to that part of the service; he is also the author of many memorable anthems. Beyond composition, his influence was extended through controversial reforming pamphlets on the subject. The illegitimate son of composer Samuel Wesley, grandson of Charles and great nephew of John Wesley,

translated by Rachel McNicholl

• Homosexuality and Judaism

ranges from the violet light of the last night in Eden to a daughter’s coming of age and desire

Giraffes in slings

Bernard Kops celebrated his 80th birthday with a new BBC Radio 4 play and the launch of Bernard Kops’ East End last year

John Humphrys is a presenter on BBC Radio 4's Today

He has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize

Scroll back a few months and at Martin’s place of work - a Chester hospital - we meet new nurse Hayley

Abbas Beydoun – Excerpt from the novel Blood Test

about the prospect of change and with an eagerness to embrace changing times

to competitive hot-dog eating

and Bones (1988)