Q Marks the Spot – Treasure Map 98 (October 2016)

Sacred Treasure

• Fascinating Theos ThinkTank blogpost: The West’s Secular liberalism has become a religion
• What mental illness feels like… in cartoon form.
• Alec Motyer (who died a few days ago) was a giant – whom I had the privilege of meeting just twice – and this is a good place to start with learning more about him.
• Here’s a very weird and involved story: George Price, the Altruism Equation and the connection with All Souls Langham Place (HT Lauri Moyle for this)

Topical Treasure

• If you are in the UK, the proposed Constituency Boundary changes are very important – see how you are affected
• Tim Harford on fascinating form: Can trivia help us to be less ignorant of our own ignorance?
• Peter Hitchens is always stimulating – here on the Cold War is Over
• While thinking about that part of the world, here’s another perspective: WaPo on Putin goes the full Orwell
• A good friend, Kaori Homma, is an artist originally from Japan, who has been galvanised into campaigning against nuclear power (her family is from the Fukushima area) – here is a great essay she has written about this.

Quirky Treasure

• Love this: Doodling around commuters on the New York subway
• Some beautiful, surreal illustrations of the magic of reading
• 10 Giant Flower Sculptures in the Netherlands
• I’d no idea about this – Salvador Dali created these stunning illustrations for Alice in Wonderland