Q marks the spot – Treasure Map 90 (March 2016)

Sacred Treasure

• Chris Green on a chillingly fascinating biography of New York’s most powerful man – and its telling if unexpected resonance for pastors.
• David Jackman is one of my heroes of the faith and mentors – and it’s just wonderful that his teaching is now being systematically recorded for posterity on video – even better, it’s free. Here’s module one of his preaching course, EQUIPPED.
• Graham Greene is certainly one of my literary heroes – and The Power and the Glory is a book i’ve posted about more than once. ttneresting that here it’s being recommended for Lent reading.
• A striking obit for US Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia in CT.
• Joseph Fiennes on playing Clavius in RISEN

Topical Treasure

• This is a bit mean – but can’t help but find this a little bit funny – frozen car park melts drowning a few cars
• You might have seen these transcripts between Tony Blair and Bill Clinton when they were both in power. Sadly they’re not real – but they ARE marvellous!
• What makes you so sure we’re evolving for the better – some provocative cartoons that suggest otherwise
• It’s an oldish interview, but has been updated – Chris Rock flips the consensus on racism
• Infographic map of battles fought around the world (that we know of)
• This is incredible technology: a piece of glass that is virtually indestructible and will carry 360TB of data

Arty Treasure

Quirky Treasure

• These tattoo designs are actually quite convincing…!
• It’s incredible what you can do with pieces of paper
• The perils of misspelling what you type in a GPS – an american tourist gets rather lost in Iceland
• How Bertrand Russell responded to Sir Oswald Mosley (founder of the British Fascists)
• A lovely story from Nigeria of a breadseller photobombing a rockstar, and becoming a model…