ARTS
Friday Fun 13: Beware men with Guns and Megaphones
The US cop show has immersed us all into the clichés of American gun culture. It is one aspect of American life which most of
7th October 2011
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USA
21st Century
Q marks the spot – Treasure Map 37 (October 2011)
Sacred Treasure Sinclair Ferguson has some great preaching tips in his Preacher’s Decalogue A friend of mine who works in Sarajevo, Bosnia has researched a
1st October 2011
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21st Century
9/11 through the lens of Revelation
It just so happened that on the 10th Anniversary of 9/11, we had come to the second instalment off our romp through Revelation. And it
13th September 2011
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20th Century
Playing with guns, shooting with guns: from Washington to Saigon?
It was one of the most disturbing but iconic photographs of the Vietnam War. Long before the virtual world made such things even conceivable, it
3rd August 2011
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art & painting
The startling revelations of Alexa Meade’s art
This is a bit of an experimental departure for me. But whether it’s successful or not, I had fun doing it. Anna Blanch asked me to
26th July 2011
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ARTS
A woman’s perspective: Girls in Trouble’s album “Half you half me”
A gentle, initially distant, rhythm guitar draws us into this album Half You Half Me by New York duo Girls in Trouble. But when the
28th June 2011
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20th Century
Barack Obama 2: The Media’s Red Carpet
It is a truism to say that the media is influential in politics. But there is no doubting that its power to mesmerize and acclimatize
14th June 2011
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20th Century
Barack Obama 1: The Bridge from Selma to Pennsylvania Avenue
If there is a point to Barack Obama becoming US President – and let’s face it, how can we ever reduce anyone’s life to having
13th June 2011
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cartoons
Signs of the times: you’re just so, like, totally conquered, man…
Here’s a couple of great, revealing, and on-the-ball cartoons from a recent New Yorker (18th April 2011). Fantastic, as ever. This time the genii responsible
9th May 2011
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Q marks the spot – Treasure Map 31 (April 2011)
Sacred Treasure Martin Bashir is interviewed about his interview of Rob Bell. I was particularly struck by his perception of what C S Lewis called
1st April 2011
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Society, you’re a crazy breed…
One of the most moving films of recent years has been Into the Wild (dir by Sean Penn). Here are some clips backing the version
16th March 2011
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A plague on both their houses? Carl Trueman’s polemic Republocrat
I think it’s fair to say that remaining neutral about anything Carl Trueman writes or says is impossible. And that’s no bad thing! He’s always
16th February 2011
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