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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Istanbul
beauty
A song of lament, a need for songs
Q regulars know that Turkey is a country close to my heart. I have just returned from my 15th (!) trip and so naturally it
2nd February 2019
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19th Century
Q Marks The Spot – Treasure Map 123 (January 2019)
HAPPY NEW YEAR! Wishing all Q readers a very good 2019! Sacred Treasure Phil Whittall has done a remarkable job amassing various links under several
1st January 2019
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21st Century
Just when you thought it was safe to go back to spying… Charles Cumming’s A Colder War
It hardly needs saying, but spying did not stop with the collapse of Communism. But if spying continued, it naturally follows that so did betrayal. The
12th May 2014
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20th Century
Friday Fun 29: Winston takes his stand on foreign place names
A real gem this week. It’s on display in the painting studio at Chartwell, Churchill’s much-loved home in Kent. I couldn’t resist getting downhis points
2nd November 2012
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CHURCH
Means and Ends: when churches resort to bribery
It came as a shock when this was first pointed out to me. Or rather, to be more accurate, it was a shock when I
19th July 2011
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Ancient History
Istanbul’s Golden Glow
Just 3 nights in Istanbul hasn’t given a huge amount of time to see sights but I’ve had a few hours in between meetings. Managed
25th June 2011
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Istanbul at night and other photographic highlights
Was in Istanbul last week doing some Langham training each evening. Which meant that I never got back to my B&B until quite late. Which
26th October 2010
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Bernard Lewis’ What Went Wrong: Reflections on Islam & The West (2)
Following on from yesterday’s post, Lewis offers a very helpful articulation of how the Western and Islamic worlds diverged so drastically over the last 500
15th October 2010
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Bernard Lewis’ What Went Wrong: Reflections on Islam & The West (1)
I’d not really appreciated before quite how controversial Bernard Lewis (left) is seen in some circles (perhaps especially because he was regularly consulted by the Bush
14th October 2010
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The Jesus Accounts trailer
Some good friends have been involved in this great project, a 30 minute documentary called The Jesus Accounts. Filmed in Istanbul and in the UK,
6th July 2010
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20th Century
The Sympathy of Melancholy: Orhan Pamuk’s SNOW
There is a play on words that gets lost in translation from Turkish into English. I am by no means a Turkish speaker (as if),
21st January 2010
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