20th Century
Best books of 2023
So here is a brief rundown of my favourite books from 2023. There were others I could have chosen too, but you have to draw
22nd December 2023
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TV
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20th Century
Q Marks the Spot 174 (April 2023 Treasure Map)
Sacred Treasure My boss, Paul, has done a superb job joining various dots between the Empire podcast, the Kohinoor diamond, and an Egyptian Christian seminary.
1st April 2023
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AFRICA
Q Marks the Spot 157 (November 2021 Treasure Map)
Sacred Treasure The ever trusty Malcolm Guite reclaims All Hallows Eve in a sonnet. Thanks to the great Art & Theology page, I’ve discovered that
1st November 2021
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beauty
The texts of some of Irina Ratushinskaya’s poetry
When I did the Echoes from Eternity edition of Irina Ratushinskaya poems, I mentioned that I would post the texts of some of them. So,
12th August 2020
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beauty
Echoes from Eternity: 33. Clive James on his own Mortality
I was genuinely saddened by the news of Clive James’ death last year. He always struck me as such a fascinating and fascinated man, humane
11th June 2020
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20th Century
Echoes from Eternity: 25. Alistair Cooke’s Letter from America
This will probably seem a very odd inclusion into the Echoes series. After all, journalism is as ephemeral as it gets. Most of it is
6th May 2020
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BIBLE
Boxed Sets, Binge-Watching and Bible Stories
I was writing this for something else and, in the end, it wasn’t needed. Not to worry. Here it is. Of course, it is definitely
18th December 2018
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AMERICAS
Musical Rage at the terrifying MADness of our times
I’ve just seen U2’s performance of Bullet the Blue Sky on last night’s Fallon. Oh. My. God. That’s no expletive. But a prayer. A Prayer
8th September 2017
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20th Century
Tentative Steps towards Civility #3: Summarise as THEY wish to be summarised
John Stott was scrupulous in attempting to do this. It was a key element of the respect that he garnered amongst those he debated or disagreed.
9th August 2017
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atheism
What to make of Orphan Black’s Clone Club?
For starters, I’m an unashamed fan. Orphan Black is fantastic TV. We’ve watched through the first 4 seasons now, but will have to wait until
18th July 2017
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21st Century
The Lazaruses of Grenfell Tower: a parable of sorts
London, like many historic cities, forces rich and poor to live cheek by jowl. It always has. It is much less ghettoed than many more modern
23rd June 2017
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21st Century
Closing the gap: sitcoms, spin and suspicion
Paul Arnold, the coordinator of the Church and Media Network (MediaNet), kindly invited me to write a post this week to point to how Wilderness engages with
21st July 2015
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