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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Cambridge
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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architecture
A Cambridge wander
Have been spending this week in Cambridge for the CICCU main events. It’s been a really encouraging time. But I had a lovely time on
6th February 2014
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19th Century
A model of devout resignation
I was in Cambridge for a few days speaking for some events that took place far too late at night for me (carol services at
12th December 2013
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BOOKS/WRITING
Douglas Adams eats biscuits on Cambridge station
This is one of my favourite short, and true, stories. It comes from the pen of the wondrous Douglas Adams, he of Hitchhiker’s Guide to
25th July 2013
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All Souls Langham Place
Friday Fun 33: Christmas Moments on Instagram
So it seems our very human rights and liberties are being threatened by Instagram’s change of terms. Or they’re not. Or not in quite the
21st December 2012
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20th Century
In the company of spies: Charles Cumming’s Trinity Six
I’ve just found this in my drafts box having obviously never posted it. So better late than never… It wasn’t particularly by design, but over
6th May 2011
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Micheal O’Siadhail’s GRANTCHESTER MEADOWS: an hypnotic evocation
It’s an age away – and was rather an extraordinary idyll. But for our first 3 months of marriage, we lived in a little terrace
11th December 2010
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