Q Marks the Spot 132 (October 2019)

Sacred Treasure

• A friend who pastors in Hong Kong tackles the church’s divisions in the face of political turmoil and social unrest. We would do well to listen, here in Brexit Britain…
• The Simple Pastor draws on some fascinating Pew Foundation findings on the relationship between Christianity and science in the West
• The great Robert Alter on Bible Translation and the error of moving away from the King James legacy
• This is a stunning but very rare natural phenomenon from Yosemite – a glorious declaration of the covenant if ever there was one (banner image ©KenRockwell.com)

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Topical Treasure

• Gender-balanced space crews? Not according to this retired astronaut (who’s female)
• Where do you bury people who don’t get cremated (and even those who do) in dense urban areas? Hong Kong has one answer, as captured by Finbarr Fallon
• T S Eliot famously rejected a number of different writers from Faber & Faber. Here are those letters!
• What a tragedy that this is even necessary: a new Michigan high school designed to hamper gunmen
• Whales are simply incredible. Here is a recent slow-mo of a whale breaching:

Quirky Treasure

• Love this: a 2-D cafe in Tokyo
• This then gets included in a fun collection of restaurant creativity
• Love this too: Czech students recreate scenes from mediaeval books

• It’s interesting to see how these (mainly) tech brands started out – not often where you’d expect.
• Graffiti that makes walls disappear
• If you think Africa has no decent architecture, think again…
• A family with a singleton, twins and triplets… wow
• Winners of the comedy wildlife photography competition
• A bit random perhaps… one might even say, quirky. But here is a Gregorian Chant generator for your eternal delight…