Q Marks the Spot 136 (February 2020)
Sacred Treasure This is an extraordinary story that reads like a whodunnit: the stolen early manuscript of Mark? (long read but worth it) I’m an
2nd February 2020
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European Union
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20th Century
Last Hope Island: Assessing the legacy Britain’s WW2 haven status
This is history writing at its compelling best. Lynne Olson has beavered away to find an original angle on an oft-told story and does it
7th July 2017
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21st Century
Facing the UK’s most recent Annus Horribilis – 2016-2017
I can’t get yesterday’s tweet from veteran BBC man John Simpson out of my head. It was a relief to read it, to be honest.
18th June 2017
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20th Century
Odds and ends: some random book reviews on China, Marriage… and Auschwitz
So, there’s been seriously long radio-silence from Q in recent weeks. But this is not the result of inactivity. Far from it. Regulars will be
20th November 2013
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21st Century
Q marks the spot – Treasure Map 38 (November 2011)
Sacred Treasure Every human being is part of the global community; every Christian is part of the global church; and yet is amazing how little
1st November 2011
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21st Century
Q marks the spot – Treasure Map 37 (October 2011)
Sacred Treasure Sinclair Ferguson has some great preaching tips in his Preacher’s Decalogue A friend of mine who works in Sarajevo, Bosnia has researched a
1st October 2011
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AFRICA
Hackgate, Corruption and African perceptions of the West
During the 4 years we worked in Uganda, I would have this conversation with students all too often. They would despairingly deprecate African states for
18th July 2011
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ARTS
Friday Fun 7: PS What Whitehall Thinks of Canterbury
I said last week that I was offering the final instalment of Whitehall Wisdom. Well, I subsequently realised that I had omitted perhaps the most
1st July 2011
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ARTS
Friday Fun 7: Final Lessons from Whitehall
We come at last to the final instalment of Whitehall Wisdom. It’s more a random string of pearls than a topical arrangement this time, but
24th June 2011
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ARTS
Friday Fun 6: Interpreting Civil Service Speak
One of the acute difficulties of British etiquette is the profound problem of meaning – there can be a huge disparity between the literal/surface meaning
17th June 2011
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Q marks the spot – Treasure Map 31 (April 2011)
Sacred Treasure Martin Bashir is interviewed about his interview of Rob Bell. I was particularly struck by his perception of what C S Lewis called
1st April 2011
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A plague on both their houses? Carl Trueman’s polemic Republocrat
I think it’s fair to say that remaining neutral about anything Carl Trueman writes or says is impossible. And that’s no bad thing! He’s always
16th February 2011
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