Greece – Quaerentia

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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 No Comments

20th Century

Echoes from Eternity 11. A Bygone pre-War England

The sun came out yesterday, the sky filled with cotton wool clouds, and birds chirped merrily. An idyllic English afternoon in early Spring, in fact.

1st April 2020 No Comments

19th Century

Monarchy’s last hurrah? Edward VII’s funeral in 1910

It could have been at a rather upmarket fancy-dress party. The dress was certainly fancy; the guests well-to-do; the event evidently unusual. But as well

16th January 2013 2 Comments

19th Century

Pursuing Byron at The Temple of Poseidon, Cape Sounion

It has been a schoolboy dream to visit this place (yeah, I know; I was, and am still, a bit of a classics geek): the

21st November 2012 2 Comments

20th Century

Caught in the crossfire: the Pain of Exile and Friendship in Dmetri Kakmi’s Mother Land

I set out for Greece today to do a long weekend of training in Athens: a country and city wracked by austerity measures, riots and

15th November 2012 6 Comments

Ancient History

Breathing life into the dry bones of ancient Corinth: Witherington’s Week in the Life

It seems that everyone’s joined in the cross-over craze. Rock stars are writing ballets and operas, chick-lit writers are getting elected to Parliament, and now

2nd July 2012 No Comments

All Souls Langham Place

Giving in the Chain Reaction of Divine Grace (2 Cor 9)

The next section in our 2 Corinthians mini-series presented a particular challenge – because the whole section is about giving (in particular, Paul’s encouragement of

6th June 2012 No Comments