Sacred Treasure
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Very sad to hear that Wendell Berry has died at 92. What an extraordinary life well lived and written. Here is one tribute (of thousands, no doubt) from The Rabbit Room with his poem How To Be a Poet.
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And while we’re at the Rabbit Room, Ally Gordon writes on The Trouble With Beauty
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A wonder, from Art & Theology: “Seraphim” (2026) choreographed by Lindsey Hanson:
Topical Treasure
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Ted Gioia has acute insight: 10 Brutally Honest Predictions on the Future of AI
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Timothy Snyder is a voice for our times: 20thC historian and now embarked on a 10-lecture series on Hitler and Stalin Today.
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I had no idea that the great actor Sarah Bernhardt was also an accomplished sculptor. Then saw this. A grandmother with a just drowned grandson. Just Wow! The pathos of uncomprehending grief captured in marble. Pics and comment by Victoria Emily Jones.
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If you think the cult show Severence is entirely fictitious, then check out these portraits of US Office life in the 1990s.
Quirky Treasure
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The Culturist is consistently intriguing and provocative. Here the group offers:
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Love these Book Maps (HT Simple Pastor)
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Retrace routes taken in books of all kinds in Reading Maps
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Find books from a place or theme at Which Book?
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Love these pics: Rural Scottish Post Offices in the 1970s They don’t make ‘em like they used to (gutting)
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Where and when Lunar Eclipses have taken place for millennia!
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Marvellous actor, comic and writer Cariad Lloyd dives deep into BBC costume drama adaptations (scored out of bonnets)
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Not only have we lost Wendell Berry, but a few days before him, we lost Dolly. Here she charms a pub in County Kerry while on holiday in Ireland.