Bit of a bumper list this month, having dropped last month’s (oops).
Sacred Treasure
- This will be of interest only to a few, but Ian Paul’s analysis of Justin Welby’s legacy as Archbishop of Canterbury is hard-hitting and (from my rather remote perspective) convincing.
- Caitlin Flanagan on Seamus Heaney and her father Tom’s close friendship. V moving – and hopefully still outside the paywall.
- Graham Tomlin is on cracking form these days:
Topical Treasure
- From a couple of years back, the great Helen Lewis On Writing.
- The power of the earth: Vilhelm Gunnarsson’s remarkable images of lava at Iceland’s Blue Lagoon (some below).
- And while we’re on earthly wonders:
- some truly glorious images of English forests by Neil Burnell
- Various landscapes that are almost too good to be real.
- Some stunning images of Starling Murmurations
- The winners of the 2024 Natural Landscape Photography competition.
Quirky Treasure
- Evelyn Waugh was a snarky old goat but a brilliant writer. These rules for how to deal with unwanted fans are special.
- Of course you should paint massive butterflies on office block roofs.
- Occasionally, an index offers deep joys. Here are selections from a wonderful example: for John Carey’s book on Charles’ Dickens’ imagination.
- Some phrasebook classics from an 1883 guide to modern greek
- Some amusing recreations listed in Who’s Who
- I rather liked these Paper Book sculptures by Paola Grizi
- Some photo projects:
- Good riddance to the Covid years – but this photography project, ‘Ghost’, is very powerful.
- More historic photos revealing a lost world
