Bedingfield to make come-back this year?

Musical comebacks seem to be the big thing this year, and it's not just 80's bands that are on the comeback trail - there are some artists from this very decade who are trying to reignite their careers true.  We're all expecting to see something of Robbie Williams this year (in addition to his brief part in the Little Britain Comic Relief sketch in March) and rumour has it that Daniel Bedingfield will also be releasing a new album.

Both Williams and Bedingfield have suffered illnesses of various kinds over the last few years - Robbie's addictions and mental state have been widely reported.  Daniel of course suffered a major car accident in New Zealand a few years ago, which resulted in some serious injuries.  As a result, his voice has apparently changed from the famous falsetto we all remember to something more "gritty" and "less controlled" - sounds to me like a wholesale change there then.  He is also famous for his hyperactivity, but the accident has led to him taking things a lot more easily recently according to reports.  So his third album could be interesting indeed...

Have your say: BBC got it wrong

Occasionally I'll post something on the BBC News website's Have your say section.  If you haven't seen it before, it's not a discussion board in the traditional sense, but asks you to comment on a specific news story.  It then publishes your comments, and everyone can then vote on one another's comments by choosing whether or not to click the "recommend" button that appears below each one.  It's quite a neat system.

Naturally, the beeb have put some controls in place to filter out abuse, and posts that don't obey the house rules.  The subjects are all time-limited too, so if they don't get around to checking your comment in time, it doesn't get published.  When you're reviewing your previous posts, you can see whether your post was published (and how many recommendations it received if it was), unpublished (it wasn't processed in time before the subject was closed) or rejected (it broke the house rules).

Knowing that most of my posts were made several hours before a subject closed, it was disappointing how many of my posts were unpublished, but what was more interesting was the one post that was rejected.  The subject in question combined two of the BBC's favourites for the Have your say forum: "Is the Church of England obsessed with sex?"

My answer was pretty simple, and to the point: no, the CoE isn't obsessed with sex but the media are; in addition, the media (and particularly the BBC) are quite keen to undermine Christianity, so there's little surprise that these two obsessions keep combining to produce headlines that involve both.

You might not agree with the view I expressed, but if you have any clue which of the BBC's house rules I'm supposed to have broken by expressing it I look forward to reading your comments below!

Regarding my viewpoint itself, I think both of the media's obsessions are self-evident.  Sex sells, and the tabloid press know that better than anyone.  And you only have to watch or listen to the Beeb's programmes aimed at Christians (such as Radio 2's Good Morning Sunday or the infamous Songs of Praise) and compare it with the vibrant, buzzing CCM scene (as evidenced by the brilliant Cross Rythms radio stations springing up over the country) to ascertain that the BBC's view of Christianity is outdated to say the least.