Humour

Frary entertains readers with stories of that strange social grouping: the parish choir. Here is what happened when a new (and foolhardy) vicar tried to replace the annual "Messiah from Scratch" in favour of a concert by a smart Madrigal choir.

The idea of selling advertising on church premises seems a good one, but events spiral and the Church of England becomes so financially viable that the Government decides to privatise it. Soon, a corporate raid sees a majority of the shares bought...

These cartoons capture the routine, rituals, characters and eccentricities which make up local church life. They are full of recognizable characters and incidents, such as the choir that struggles to keep in tune or the unscripted surprises at the...

This is Dave Walker's third collection of cartoons with its Tweeting bishops, its sociological study of the average Lent group, its handy guide to weighing up the respective merits of going to a church service vs. an Alpha course, and a great deal...

The popularity of the fictitious yet somehow instantly familiar parish of St Gargoyle's is set to rise even higher with this wonderful collection of cartoons. A perfect and inexpensive gift at any time of the year.

My Pew: Things I Have Seen From It  is Dave’s second cartoon collection and in it he reveals q       the five worst places to sit in churchq       reasons to shut your eyes...

There's nothing like singing a favourite hymn to the wrong tune to get everyone up in arms - the congregation will blame the vicar, the vicar will blame the organist, the organist will take it out, as usual, on the choir. This work presents the...

Warbling sopranos, robes that have long since seen better days, wheezing organs, tyrannical organists, new vicars who want to get rid of the choir altogether and battles in the chancel-such is the stuff of Reg Frary's stories about local church...