21st Century
Q Marks the Spot 139 (May 2020)
Sacred Treasure Comparing COVID-19 and the Chernobyl disaster? Here is a literature academic living in Turkey who grew up in Kyiv at the time of
1st May 2020
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USA
Echoes from Eternity
Echoes from Eternity: 22. Seamus Heaney out and about
If you find yourself talking about nature in poetry, it is inevitable before too long that Seamus Heaney (1939-2013) is going to crop up. He
27th April 2020
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AMERICAS
Echoes from Eternity 14: Maya Angelou
Today, the voice of an angel. Nope, I don’t have delusions of celestial proportions. I’m referring to the great African-American writer, Maya Angelou (1928-2014) who
7th April 2020
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19th Century
Q Marks the Spot 137 (March 2020)
Sacred Treasure There has been much heat and hurt recently about power abuse and church ministry. It is something that I’ve been working on and
1st March 2020
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20th Century
Anti-Semitism in the UK: 4. Stoppard views the century from Leopoldstadt
Tom Stoppard is one of the greatest living playwrights. End of. His output has been remarkable so I’ve always been excited when news of new
26th February 2020
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Q Marks the Spot 136 (February 2020)
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
2nd February 2020
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20th Century
Q Marks the Spot 134 (December 2019)
Sacred Treasure One man mission – a fascinating story about reviving Welsh chapels – and fascinating it gets such a high profile on the BBC
1st December 2019
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AMERICAS
Q Marks the Spot 132 (October 2019)
Sacred Treasure A friend who pastors in Hong Kong tackles the church’s divisions in the face of political turmoil and social unrest. We would do
2nd October 2019
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18th Century
On MLK, #MeToo, and the possibility of Pride in the Flawed
Does the legacy of a heroic struggle for justice cover over a multitude of sins?
Or does the iconic hero’s fatal flaw render him and, perhaps even his legacy, leprous?
Is it ‘one strike and you’re out’ or might the twitteratti just possibly permit nuance and, dare I say it, complexity?
26th May 2019
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20th Century
When Uncle John wrote a letter that actually did change the world
Regulars will know that John Stott is a frequent focus here. I’ve just finished reading Alister Chapman’s excellent, scholarly engagement with John Stott’s legacy: Godly Ambition.
6th January 2019
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19th Century
Q Marks The Spot – Treasure Map 123 (January 2019)
HAPPY NEW YEAR! Wishing all Q readers a very good 2019! Sacred Treasure Phil Whittall has done a remarkable job amassing various links under several
1st January 2019
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21st Century
Two Appearances on Cooper and Cary have words
A couple of weeks ago, James Cary invited himself for lunch – and then we hooked up online with our old friend Barry Cooper (now
27th March 2018
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