Sacred Treasure
- Striking infographic on American Megachurches and their relative generosity
- List of Bible infographics on the Guardian Online pages, of all places (the comments are pretty much what one might expect!)
- Chris Green had a very interesting chat with a friend recently about attitudes to control in ministry
- Refreshingly honest and helpful testimony of ‘the wife of a queer man’Â c/o Rachel Held Evans
- The reality of depression captured in a series of very powerful cartoons.
- VERY sobering article by former lads-mag editor on the pernicious effect of porn on kids (interesting to see lots prefacing their sharing of this with ‘I don’t normally share from the Daily Mail, but…”!)
Topical Treasure
- Vietnam photos that made a difference – couldn’t help but be amused by the fact that the article’s author is called Pyle (which will resonate with anyone who’s read Greene’s The Quiet American)
- The Sudanese cartoonist who’s taking the geopolitical world by storm: Khalid Albaih’s Khartoon
- Elmore Leonard was a brilliant writer – and his rules for writers have been influential. Allan Massie applies some of his characteristic wisdom and perspective to them.
Quirky Treasure
- 4 Dimensional Photography (see right). These are simply beautiful. There are a few more here on Fong Qi Wei’s website.
- When a council paints over some multi-coloured steps, ordinary Turks wreaked their revenge – wonderful.
- An extraordinary digital animation of the Vesuvius eruption that destroyed Pompeii – manages in just a few minutes to convey the terrible might of the earth
- Superb London nostalgia in these old London Underground posters
- I just love this circular rainbow tunnel in Denmark
- Fascinating: how Shakespeare’s puns make more sense in original pronunciation (HT 22 Words)
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