HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Sacred Treasure
- Justin Welby, the ABC, rather delightfully writes to his 14 year old self
- One Rolex Short of Contentment – striking piece by George Monbiot
- Chris Green is v wise as ever: where never to have a quiet day
- A story of God, Redemption and the late, great Steve McQueen
- Some notparticularly surprising stats on decline of religious belief in the UK over the last half century
- AN Wilson on cracking form in the Telegraph
- Visual Unit always comes up with good stuff – here is a really useful map of the 12 tribes of Israel
- -Mʋʋ bhla, nyɩmaa ‘wlulapɩlɩnyɔ ‘kadʋ *Sezaa Ogusɩ palɩa tite yabhlo… If you couldn’t read this; please remember the 340 million people around the world who have no record of the Christmas story in their languages (from the one and only Kouya)
Madiba Treasure
- The Mandela jamboree from the eyes of Air Force One
- Moving piece from one of the people who helped to plan the Mandela memorial in South Africa; Miles Glijam on Mourning the death of our dreams
- Pictures from the State Funeral
- Slavoj Žižek has a fascinating and provocative take on the scandal of the Mandela Memorial sign-language guy
- Challenging and not a little controversial words from Southern Baptist Al Mohler
- Rian Malan is an insightful and trenchant observer of South Africa (his book My Traitor’s Heart is one of the most powerful books I’ve ever read) – here he is on Mandela and the communists.
Topical Treasure
- Another camera’s view behind the scenes at the White House – this time LBJ’s – some remarkable shots (incl of the President’s notorious hairdryer treatment)
- Then here’s Ford’s White House
- The Soviet-era 12 days of Christmas
- This is an important 5 minutes – at one point, she overstates the case somewhat, but it is pretty essential stuff
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Quirky Treasure
- Some great behind-the-scenes pics from 2013 movies
- Forget selfies – here are the best shelfies
- A fine, eclectic NPR tribute to Musicians who died in 2013
- 2013: the year in pictures
- 125 years of National Geographic Photos (eg right – this beauty from the Kalahari)
- Some very cool 2013 visualisations
One Response
Thank you for the shout-out on my Steve McQueen article. I’m so blessed to see the tremendous responseit has generated from all the gracious people who’ve shared it around. Happy New Year!