20th Century
Echoes from Eternity: 37. T.S.Eliot’s Little Gidding
So I realise this the second time this year I’ve homed in on this poem, but I come back to it again and again. Which
19th July 2020
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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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AMERICAS
Q Marks the Spot 140 (June 2020)
Sacred Treasure George Floyd left a Gospel legacy in Houston: tragedy piles on tragedy, but this is just one tiny glimmer of light. Having God
31st May 2020
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20th Century
Echoes from Eternity: 26. VE Day 1945 & the Nazi Surrender
The 2020 VE day is the 75th. We can’t witness great spectacles and commemoration events because of the virus. Everything is much more low-key, necessarily.
8th May 2020
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20th Century
1917 and the Futile Pilgrimage
I got rather carried away after I saw the latest Sam Mendes film (in the cinema with friends in the States last October… who’d have
23rd April 2020
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20th Century
Echoes from Eternity 19. William Blake in Nicholas Winton’s Memorial Garden
William Blake (1757-1827) was one of a kind. A printer, an illustrator, a painter, a poet, a visionary, a provocateur. And that’s just the start
16th April 2020
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Echoes from Eternity 14: Maya Angelou
Today, the voice of an angel. Nope, I don’t have delusions of celestial proportions. I’m referring to the great African-American writer, Maya Angelou (1928-2014) who
7th April 2020
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20th Century
Anti-Semitism in the UK: 4. Stoppard views the century from Leopoldstadt
Tom Stoppard is one of the greatest living playwrights. End of. His output has been remarkable so I’ve always been excited when news of new
26th February 2020
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20th Century
Anti-Semitism in the UK: 3. Figleaves, Snowflakes and Statistics
Previous posts Anti-Semitism in the UK: 1. 75 years after Auschwitz… Anti-Semitism in the UK: 2. The challenge of definitions Now I’m super-conscious that the
17th February 2020
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20th Century
Anti-Semitism in the UK: 1. 75 years after Auschwitz…
I started working on this short series of posts while sitting in Frankfurt airport, en route to Ukraine. Just in front of me is a
11th February 2020
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20th Century
Q Marks The Spot: Treasure Map 129 (July 2019)
Sacred Treasure If you’ve not clocked this great little radio series by Nick Spencer, then you must: The Secret History of Science and Religion. Some
1st July 2019
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20th Century
We Will Remember Them: #Armistice100
The 11th Hour. The 11th Day. The 11th Month. Evidently a contrived moment at which to end a war whose conclusion was as complex and
13th November 2018
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