BOOKS/WRITING
Friday Fun 19: Steve Turner’s MY DAD
All is not what it at first seems. It starts out like the classic boast of the school playground. But the playground is certainly not
30th March 2012
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creation
art & painting
Forget Avatar: David Hockney’s ‘bigger’ vision is the one to relish
When Avatar came out, I couldn’t help but get swept up in James Cameron’s astonishing conception. This is because a hopelessly bad movie was redeemed only
27th January 2012
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BBC
A natural cantata for a frozen planet: Rautavaara’s Cantus Arcticus
I’d guess that only the most hardened petrol-heads and urbanites will fail to be moved to awestruck wonder by episodes in the BBC’s latest natural
14th November 2011
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A courageous nod to God in a Soviet-era show-trial
Came across this fascinating morsel in a short New Yorker article by David Remnick from the run up to the recent Mikhail Khordorkovsky trial in Moscow.
7th January 2011
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16th Century
Rehabilitating the Medieval Scientific Mind and why it matters
Sir Isaac Newton is a titan in world science, so it’s no surprise that he features on the very first, and the penultimate page of
21st December 2010
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Inconsistencies and Impositions in Victorian New York: the dangers of Christian presumptions
I didn’t quite know what to expect having picked this book up in the States last year. I think I assumed it would be something on
10th November 2010
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King Edwin of Northumberland’s conversion and the sparrow in the storm
Came across this lovely story from Bede while reading Gene Fant’s God as Author. It’s a book I enjoyed and picked some lovely gems from
10th September 2010
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The Wild Places 2: Putting us in our place
Have already drawn from Robert Macfarlane’s The Wild Places – and I think I will do so a few more times. One striking motif from the
19th March 2010
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The White Mountain: timelapsed Milky Way
All too short, but epic in scope, and too wonderful for words… Taken on Mauna Kea, Hawai’i: The White Mountain by charles leung …and he made the
11th March 2010
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18th Century
The infectiousness of wonder: Richard Holmes and the romance of science
Richard Holmes’ magisterial Age of Wonder has worked its magic on me. Having worked my way through it over several weeks before Christmas, many of
2nd February 2010
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Regent’s Park in the snow
A wondrous wander in a frozen Regent’s Park on Wednesday inspired these. Another magical winter’s walk… Park wildlife… But beware the Regent’s Park sharks…
27th December 2009
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Q marks the spot – Treasure Map 15 (December 2009)
Bit of a bumper Treasure Map this month – plenty to get chewing on… Sacred Treasure Vinoth Ramachandra offers a characteristically challenging and provocative reflection
1st December 2009
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