historical curiosities 3 – weird bits and bobs
after the summer hiatus, i will resume normal posting in due course. But here are a few random titbits to keep those who are getting a little post-hungry at bay. 1. Historical Connections Spotted on a wall in Southwold, Suffolk. I just liked it. 2. Smoking Ban Spotted this weekend – probably loads of these […]
historical curiosities 2 – not just any old walking stick
This is a walking stick. A reasonably old walking stick. Not (as it happens) mine, although i’ve been using one recently for various reasons (affectation mainly). But it did belong to a Mark Meynell – my Grandfather (right), who died last year aged 92. He was a spiritual giant in many ways but was full […]
hurricanes and spacewalks – more wows
while we’re at it, and because i’ve only just got back from a very busy few weeks and need to show that i’m still here, here are a couple more amazing NASA pics from the latest Shuttle Mission. The first his Hurricane Dean.
amazing shuttle photos from space station
just came across these incredible photos taken of the Space Shuttle from the International Space Station
Christian kitsch gets their goat!
Saw this in the paper while on holiday and found the clipping again in a pile of desk stuff. You can’t beat Christians for coming up with real kitsch. This is a truly awesome specimen though – it surely reaches the dizzy heights of kitschity. The ads on the box are particularly special: I talk! […]
The Potter Business – a Christian defence?/.
Well, i’ve finished HP7 at last. And in common with a frighteningly large number of others, I now feel the need to add my voice to the veritably wiki-sized catalogue of comments. I should come clean: having read the first 4 books, I lost steam (they all seemed to blur into one). But because the […]
pointless records – Joshua’s top 10
My son Joshua (no, that’s not him in the picture) has become a Guinness Book of Records addict. Determined to find something vaguely redemptive about this obsession, I challenged him to list his 10 most pointless, as he saw it. Here they are: Most expensive pair of jeans: $60,000 was paid in 2005 on eBay […]
league of nations – 65 nationalities in FA & AS
We’re often being told that football is the national, if not global religion. Well here’s an interesting twist. In Saturday’s Telegraph there was a big splurge about the foreign take over of the English FA – with now 60% in the 20 Premier League teams ineligible to play for England (see the table, right, from […]
The Abolition of Slavery and the NT
Well, what’s the point of having a blog if you can’t be ruthlessly self-promoting. So I’m now going to be ruthlessly self-promoting. Just out is a little booklet based on my now rather ancient thesis – condensed, edited and hopefully improved. It touches some controversial areas, but i hope fairly. Certainly not meant to be […]
Cities – face the facts
Los Angeles (1999) by Andreas Gursky (1955- ) Went to the Tate Modern today with the kids (they have brilliant things to do for families there). But couldn’t help be struck by the latest exhibition in the Turbine Hall about global urbanisation. The stats are scary – but inescapable. This is how the official blurb […]
historical curiosities 1 – royal religious shenanigans
Yes, i know it’s a door. But it’s actually jolly old – dating back at least to the English civil war in fact – and for the whole of last week, it was our front door in the old farmhouse we stayed in near the Forest of Dean on the Welsh border. The reason for […]
