
“O Tempora! O Mores Evangelici!” 6. Who needs a hero?
This is the 6th post in a short series trying to grapple with today’s sense of malaise in British evangelicalism. One of my favourite novels
This is the 6th post in a short series trying to grapple with today’s sense of malaise in British evangelicalism. One of my favourite novels
One of the many reasons for missing life in central London is Daunt Books. I’ve mentioned it a few times here, including in this post
We can’t travel because of the virus. But one day we will… hopefully! So it’s worth gearing ourselves up with practical tips and advice. But
Alan Paton (1903-1988) was a South African who spent decades fighting against the apartheid system. He was a founding member of the Liberal Party of
These are in no particular order and I’ve picked them out as the ones I gave 5* to on my Goodreads page – you can
There are loads of advice lists from writers out there. But I think I can safely claim to be a writer now. And bizarrely enough,
I was recently speaking at the UCCF staff conference which was a real privilege and joy – and in one of the talks, I gave
It wasn’t a plan particularly, but then that’s part of the joy of books – I never have a plan for what I’m going to
As ever slow on the uptake, but I finally got round to reading Azar Nafisi’s beautifully written 2004 book, Reading Lolita in Tehran. It is a rich,
Rachel Kelly is spot on: “But in the end, depression doesn’t follow rules: it is a devil that comes in many guises.” (Black Rainbow, p231)
Work on my book on suspicion, spies, conspiracies and the like continues apace (hence minimal blog posting) – but I’m wondering if some of you can help me
Iain Banks (known as Iain M Banks when he’s writing science fiction) had the most extraordinarily fertile imagination. It was one of the reasons his