Alex Noel
Alex Noel is a writer and digital marketer drawn to understanding what makes people and things tick. Alex enjoys helping people to communicate clearly and turn their great ideas into reality. She is also passionate about sharing truthful insights and experiences that draw people closer to Jesus. https://flexanoel.co.uk
OpinionHarry and Meghan are coming home – but what does home really mean?
As Harry and Meghan prepare to return to the UK, writer Alex Noel asks what it really means to come home – and whether we can ever truly belong again after we’ve left.
OpinionThe surprising reason the Church needs fewer leaders
Alex Noel explores the Church’s fascination with leadership and asks whether we’ve overlooked a vital part of discipleship: learning how to follow. Reflecting on Jesus’ example and the life of the early Church, she suggests that faithful following, not leadership, may be the true foundation of Christian maturity.
OpinionWhat singer Olivia Rodrigo’s heartbreak taught me about hearing God
Writer Alex Noel reflects on the unexpected lessons to be found in Olivia Rodrigo’s latest album, tracing its themes of heartbreak, self-awareness and emotional honesty. She explores why learning to trust our intuition can be an important part of both personal growth and spiritual discernment.
OpinionWhen caring for ageing parents feels too much, where is God?
This week is Carers Week, shining a spotlight on the millions of people supporting loved ones. Writer Alex Noel reflects on the often unseen challenges of caring for ageing parents. Through the lens of faith, she explores the tension between responsibility, sacrifice and trusting God when the burden feels too heavy to carry alone.
ArticleHow Nicky and Sila Lee’s daughter helped build one of Britain’s most celebrated Christian-owned vineyards
Kirsty Goring, of the award-winning Wiston Estate, shares what it is like to see a 50-year-old idea come to fruition
OpinionThe Faithful, starring Minnie Driver, reclaims women’s voices in the Bible
From stage to screen, Alex Noel considers how the growing emphasis on women’s perspectives is reshaping familiar narratives and inviting audiences into a deeper, more nuanced understanding of faith.
OpinionGod’s design for healing? Creativity
Drawing on both scientific research and biblical truth, Alex Noel reveals how the arts may be one of God’s most overlooked tools for restoring our hearts and minds.
OpinionLouis Theroux: Inside the Manosphere isn’t just about misogyny, it’s about a spiritual war
Alex Noel explores why so many young men are being drawn into a culture of dominance, conspiracy, and hostility toward women — and why its growing influence matters for Christian women navigating faith, relationships, and a rapidly shifting cultural landscape.
OpinionFaithful in the small things: from plumbing to parliament
When Hannah Spencer of the Green Party traded pipe wrenches for a seat in Westminster, it made headlines, but it also echoed a deeper biblical pattern. Writer, Alex Noel explores how God often uses the hidden faithfulness of ordinary work as preparation for extraordinary callings.
OpinionFaith, truth and the temptation to romanticise in Wuthering Heights
Writer Alex Noel suggests that “Wuthering Heights” gives us what we want, but not what we need. Through a lens of faith, the contrast between Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte and Emerald Fennell’s romantic adaptation reveals how easily truth is traded for comfort.
OpinionWhat Brené Brown gets right about belonging and what faith says we’re missing
Alex Noel reflects on our longing for true belonging and why the places we look to often can’t hold us. Drawing on faith and lived experience, she unpacks where home is really found when everything around us keeps shifting.
OpinionRosalía's album LUX and the search for the sacred in a distracted age
Writer Alex Noel argues that Rosalía’s LUX isn’t just an album but a rare modern work reaching for the sacred. In a distracted age, she sees it as a call back to wonder, devotion, and light.
OpinionVogue says it’s now embarrassing to have a boyfriend, this is my response as a Christian woman.
Alex Noel reflects on the viral Vogue article by Chanté Joseph that asks, “Is it embarrassing to have a boyfriend now?” In exploring the cultural shift it reveals, Noel considers what this moment might mean for Christian women — and for a Church that often centres life around marriage.
OpinionAlan Carr’s Shocking Victory: Betrayal and Redemption in The Celebrity Traitors 2025
Alex Noel unpacks the shocking twists of the celebrity spin-off, where Alan Carr’s secret betrayal crowns him the winner and exposes deeper truths about trust and human nature.
Article‘Nobody wants to organise a funeral’
Through her events business, Ali Gillum creates spaces to help others mourn and celebrate in a personalised way
OpinionStepping out in faith and taking August off as a freelancer changed everything
Writer Alex Noel reflects on the transformative power of rest after taking a month-long sabbatical in August. What began as a counterintuitive decision to step back from work became a season of renewal, where slowing down opened space for both restoration and spiritual insight.
ArticleBuilding resilience in order to flourish
Bestselling author, international speaker and coach Valorie Burton is also the CEO of the Coaching and Positive Psychology (CaPP) Institute, which provides coaching and resilience training to leaders around the world. Everything she shares in her coaching and new book Rules of Resilience has been tried and tested in her own life
Article‘It doesn’t feel like a job’
Jessie Watson grew up surrounded by nature and wanted to do something creative. After her own wedding, becoming a florist was the dream that soon turned into reality
Article‘I work with crystals – but it’s not what you think’
Professor Delia Haynes researches the properties of many of the crystals used in pharmaceutical drugs. Here she speaks about her work, and how she marries her faith with being a scientist
