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I find the British media coverage of Tiger Woods' public confession of his unfaithfulness, and his apology to the world, really interesting. In 'The Guardian', Owen Gibson's straightforward account of events was relegated to page 3, whereas Zoe Williams' 'sketch' version was on the front page. It seems that many Brits just can't understand why Woods did this. Firstly, it insults our notions of being reserved and private about such matters. Secondly, we have so divorced sexual morality from the public sphere that many people are thinking: 'Why did he need to apologise?'

One thing that never ceases to amaze me in our modern culture is the fact that though for the most part we have abandoned the Bible and its message, we so readily adopt its language and its ideas whenever it suits us. Events of the last few days have underlined that again. Let me tell you what I mean.