20th Century
Echoes from Eternity: 36. Beyond English sound-worlds
Lockdown, at last, is easing in the UK – after over 100 days. So I’m winding up this little series of poetry readings. But if
5th July 2020
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Poetry
AMERICAS
Q Marks the Spot 141 (July 2020)
Sacred Treasure Carl Trueman has a simply superb First Things piece on Covid19, human mortality and modern culture’s avoidance of death: The Final Enemy Justin
1st July 2020
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BOOKS/WRITING
Echoes from Eternity: 35. Irina Ratushinskaya from the Gulag
Irina Ratushinskaya was an inspiration. I’ve mentioned her here before, having had a fluke encounter in a bookshop. She proved remarkably resilient in the most
28th June 2020
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BOOKS/WRITING
Echoes from Eternity: 34. George Herbert (revisited)
The urge to return to Uncle George was irresistible. He is so lucid but honest; so lightly humourous, but theologically weighty. I actually filmed this
18th June 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: 31. Micheal O’Siadhail
Back to some poetry now. I first came across a poem by Micheal O’Siadhail in a lecture when I was at seminary. But I can’t
29th May 2020
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AMERICAS
Echoes from Eternity: 28. Jane Kenyon has it out with Melancholy
It feels relentless. We are in the 8th week of our family’s experience of Lockdown/Quarantine and while there are hints of change, there is nothing
15th May 2020
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art & painting
Echoes from Eternity: 27. England (from Eland Books)
It seemed a good plan to turn to another of Eland’s Poetry of Place anthologies. This time, it’s England’s turn, compiled by A. N. Wilson.
13th May 2020
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Ancient History
Echoes from Eternity: 24. The Ruins of Time (from Eland Books)
A slightly different approach today. One of my favourite publishers is Eland Books – they specialise in bringing classics of travel writing back into print
3rd May 2020
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art & painting
Echoes from Eternity 23. Wry Smiles with Wendy Cope
Everything is still so weird. So we need to let our hair down a bit. We need to have a few laughs. So here is
2nd May 2020
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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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BOOKS/WRITING
Echoes from Eternity 21. Gerard Manley Hopkins in Spring
It’s almost as if there’s a contradiction in terms between the glories of the early English spring and this season of Covid19 horror and fear.
22nd April 2020
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