Human ocean impact – NYT maps
The New York Times published some terrifying graphics portraying the impact humanity has had on the world’s oceans. (HT – John Naughton’s Memex). This is chilling (click on images to find the others). Of course, we’re talking big brush strokes here and all stats generate lesser or greater degrees of suspicion. Of course greeno-phobes and […]
Bonfire
Bonfires are good for the land and the soul. And I think they would be good for this blog. So here are some pics from our bonfire on Saturday at my folks, where we stayed for the kids’ half term. Lovely.
Obama punditry – and the middle east crisis
OK – time now for a return to some silly, far-fetched speculative speculation which is neither here nor there, but it will give me quiet pleasure if I’m proved right. So how about this? Obama wins the Democratic nomination – and then chooses Joe Lieberman as his running mate. Totally ridiculous of course, especially as […]
All Souls sermon Podcasts
Thanks to the valiant efforts of our faithful and hardworking webmaster, Pete Bowman, All Souls sermons are available as a podcast. There will be 2 – one for Sundays (available now) and in due course, a separate one for midweek. You can subscribe in iTunes just by clicking on the left-hand logo. If you’ve […]
Stopped in my tracks – by Ed Husain’s THE ISLAMIST
This book has courted controversy in all quarters. It’s not hard to see why – read some of the different reviews linked here (which range from secular adulation to inevitable Islamist repudiation, via moderate Muslim dissatisfaction). The important thing is that it is a personal memoir by someone who escaped Islamist fanaticism by being drawn […]
Introducing Mike Cain introducing REAL LIFE JESUS
I’ve no idea how many Christian books get published every year in the UK – rather a lot, I suspect. Far too many, in fact, judging by the sorts of things that end up in the windows of CLC and Wesley Owen. What’s more there are loads written as Christian basics, or introductory books for […]
Bird & Fortune – subprime satire at its best
[youtube=http://youtube.com/watch?v=SJ_qK4g6ntM] This was first aired last October – absolute genius – and helped me to understand what has gone on with the subprime mortgage lending and stock market crashes like nothing else has. Long live Bird & Fortune.
The bloggers’ pitfalls – the death of romance
Noticed a couple of cartoons this week – both expose the blogger’s self-obsessions. The Wellington Grey one is a particularly appropriate warning for the nightmare that is Valentine’s Day week. The other one is from this week’s Private Eye. They say it all.
meet the clintstones – and isn’t McCain actually Arnold Vinick?
I hope I’m not breaching copyright rules, but it seemed to me that this is yet another example of Private Eye genius (from this week’s – issue 1203, 8th Feb edition). The photo (from the Guardian website) below is of official campaign badges – one can only assume that the team is desperately hoping that […]
Did the apostle Paul walk along this beach? A turbulent history
I took this on Monday evening from the conference centre just along the coast from Durrës, Albania, where I was involved with the latest Langham Partnership conference with Chris Wright. And as Chris reminded us, it is highly plausible that the Apostle Paul visited Durrës – perhaps he even went for a sundowner stroll along […]
who you are in the British Isles – woe betide you if you get it wrong…
Thanks to Ros Clarke for linking to this excellent diagram – it is a very helpful guide to the minefield that is British and Irish nationality. It is worth for the uninitiated, uninformed and even the generally unconcerned to read mark and inwardly digest. Consequently, it should all make perfect sense and prevent simple […]
The hors d’oeuvre – I’ll settle for that
I know, there has been a temporary hiatus in transmission in recent days – due to being in the ancient Albanian seaside town of Durrës this week for a Langham conference (more on that in another post) and therefore on an enforced web-fast. I’m only just getting over the cold turkey now. But in […]
