Pam and I had a growing realisation that we were running into a number of people who worked in media, arts and entertainment, motivated by a Christian commitment. How many it was hard to tell. They were often quiet types. Even those with performance genes can be all the more introspective off-stage. Like other artists many of them would say, “I’ll let my art speak for me”. After all that’s what art is supposed to do.

Even a cursory glance at a tourist map of London showed the imposing front of the National Gallery all along the top side of Trafalgar Square which was marking the year 2000 with a special exhibition entitled “Seeing Salvation”, aiming to show how artists had tried to depict Christ over all the centuries.

I went down to see it the day it opened. It was jammed. I can understand the Guardian’s reviewer who wrote…