ARTS
Q Combinations 19: Angélica Dass’s HUMANAE & Luci Shaw’s DESCENT
Jeepers – it’s been a whole year since I last did a Q Combo – need to get back into the habit. But this is
24th December 2018
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beauty
18th Century
Michael Faraday’s appeal for scientific humility
Have been dipping into Max Adams equally fascinating and frustrating book The Firebringers – Art, Science and the Struggle for Liberty in nineteenth-century Britain (aka
16th December 2018
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AFRICA
Q Marks the Spot – Treasure Map 120 (October 2018)
So… a bit of a bumper crop again! Sacred Treasure Chris Green great again on why he won’t let us look into his bible and another
1st October 2018
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art & painting
Q Marks The Spot – Treasure Map 118 (June 2018)
Ran out of time this month – so haven’t had time to get much for the first header. But it’ll do for now! Sacred Treasure
3rd June 2018
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art & painting
Chiharu Shiota’s The Distance and the consequences of connection
A few hours to myself in Gothenburg, in the land of my fathers (or at least some of them), and a wander over to the
25th May 2018
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ARTS
Music has been a key to the cave – some Darkness Spotify playlists
I’ve posted before on occasion about the power of music for those battling mental ill-health. Music was a gift to me from very young age
22nd May 2018
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21st Century
Q Marks The Spot – Treasure Map 114 (February 2018)
Sacred Treasure David Robertson is often uncomfortably provocative – but he’s probably on the money here: 10 ‘prophecies’ for the church in 2018 An inspiring
1st February 2018
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AFRICA
Q Marks The Spot – Treasure Map 113 (January 2018)
Happy New Year Y’all! Sacred Treasure Tim Keller wrote a helpfully argued piece for the New Yorker last month: Can Evangelicalism Survive Donald Trump and
1st January 2018
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art & painting
Q Combinations 18: Shishkin’s Wild North and Rossetti’s Christmas Eve
Happy Christmas one and all! This Christmas Combo is only 2 days late, but the meanings and wonder it points us to are by no
26th December 2017
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ARTS
Singing into the Light: U2’s Songs of Experience wordle
I’m not quite sure why I first did this, but started making wordles for U2 albums a while back. So naturally, with a new album
4th December 2017
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21st Century
Q Marks The Spot – Treasure Map 112 (December 2017)
Sacred Treasure Former LibDem leader, Tim Farron has been saying some really important things in the last week about the state and nature of western
1st December 2017
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ARTS
On the short stories of Cemeteries
Moving to a new town means having to discover convenient new dog-walking areas. There’s a great little park near us – but there’s a limit
16th November 2017
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