Sacred Treasure
- This is an extraordinary story that reads like a whodunnit: the stolen early manuscript of Mark? (long read but worth it)
- I’m an unashamed John Dickson fan – his new book on the historical Jesus looks great: here he argues 1% of evidence for Jesus is enough
- Paul Eddy, writing on Psephizo, gives a helpful overview of the differences between when Billy Graham brought his BGEA to the UK and his son Franklin’s – and why the 2020 event is so divisive.
Topical Treasure
- A powerful account of the danger of corrupting power even for idealists – from a surprising source…
- Mars after 7 years of the Curiosity Rover
- So Brexit has happened – I still feel it is a colossal, potentially disastrous, mistake. But hey ho. We’ve got to muddle through. In the best British tradition, we can do it by laughing. (HT SadAndUseless.com)
Gallery Treasure
- This is truly amazing: Paris’s art galleries have worked together to put hi-def images of their collections online for free – just wow!
So I thought it might be fun to gather up a range of other galleries around the world (inspired by a smaller list on of My Modern Met)
- Austria: Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
- Netherlands: Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
- Netherlands: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Russia: Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg
- Spain: The Prado, Madrid
- UK: British Library, London
- UK: British Museum, London
- UK: National Gallery, London
- UK: National Portrait Gallery, London
- UK: Scottish National Galleries, Edinburgh
- UK: Tate Galleries, London etc
- UK: Wallace Collection, London
- USA: Barnes Collection, Philadelphia
- USA: Guggenheim, NY
- USA: LACMA, Los Angeles
- USA: Metropolitan Museum, NY
- USA: National Gallery of Art, DC
- USA: New York Public Library
- World: A vast collection of Watercolours from around the world
Quirky Treasure
- Quite late to this particular party, but it’s fun (NB apostrophe). Dante’s Nine Circles of Hell for linguistic transgressions
- Portraits of Bedouin from 1898 – incredibly arresting photographs
- Gorgeous – two albino sisters, 12 years apart, pose for photos
- When you’re filming a rainbow and up pops a whale!!
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