20th Century
Echoes from Eternity: 31. Micheal O’Siadhail
Back to some poetry now. I first came across a poem by Micheal O’Siadhail in a lecture when I was at seminary. But I can’t
29th May 2020
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First World War
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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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20th Century
Echoes from Eternity 16: John Stott’s Cross of Christ
It is Good Friday so the subject matter for the day’s reading presented itself easily enough. Choosing what to read, however, was a very different
10th April 2020
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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
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19th Century
Q Marks the Spot 137 (March 2020)
Sacred Treasure There has been much heat and hurt recently about power abuse and church ministry. It is something that I’ve been working on and
1st March 2020
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20th Century
We Will Remember Them: #Armistice100
The 11th Hour. The 11th Day. The 11th Month. Evidently a contrived moment at which to end a war whose conclusion was as complex and
13th November 2018
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ARTS
Q Marks the Spot – Treasure Map 119 (September 2018)
Many apologies for the temporary suspension of Treasure Maps over the summer. Normal transmission should now resume! A few extras here to make up for
1st September 2018
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art & painting
Q Combinations 17: Hardy’s During Wind and Rain and Spencer’s Resurrection reunion
We moved house this summer – so this poem is apt: the ‘clocks and carpets and chairs on the lawn all day’. We moved to
13th October 2017
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20th Century
Q Combinations 3: Thomas, Spencer and the Tangible Kingdom
So here’s the 3rd Q Combination. I don’t know how well known these two geniuses are beyond British shores – but they are true 20th Century
16th August 2015
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20th Century
The Uncertainties of Contingency: What if Franz Ferdinand didn’t die in 1914?
I have stood at the very spot where Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie were shot by Gavrilo Princip 100 years ago. And the
25th January 2014
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16th Century
The British Empire was never quite what you thought: John Darwin’s Unfinished Empire
Nearly 10 years ago, a dear friend of mine was addressing a gathering of Ugandan MPs in the Parliament building in Kampala (around the 40th
10th February 2013
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ARTS
The Prince of Wounds by Siegfried Sassoon
Picked up a Sassoon anthology this week. Had forgotten the visceral humanity of his poetry, but also the theological framework of his vision. This is
5th February 2013
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