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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UK
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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AFRICA
Hearing the Unheard: 1. Five Black Perspectives at TED
I’m starting a new occasional blog series with this post, which was stimulated by something I recently read in Daniel Hill’s challenging book White Awake: An
14th 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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21st Century
Echoes from Eternity: 32. Steve Biko address the SA church in 1972
It was simply impossible to keep on the usual trajectory of readings with the horrors on the news. Forget the virus. Forget the Brexit car
1st June 2020
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BOOKS/WRITING
Echoes from Eternity: 29. Umberto Eco goes travelling
We can’t travel because of the virus. But one day we will… hopefully! So it’s worth gearing ourselves up with practical tips and advice. But
19th 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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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
Echoes from Eternity: 25. Alistair Cooke’s Letter from America
This will probably seem a very odd inclusion into the Echoes series. After all, journalism is as ephemeral as it gets. Most of it is
6th 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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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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