Q Marks the Spot 185 (March 2024 Treasure Map)
Sacred Treasure Phil Whittall shares some striking observations on immigration after 12 years living in Sweden. He also offers a v helpful overview of the 8
Sacred Treasure Phil Whittall shares some striking observations on immigration after 12 years living in Sweden. He also offers a v helpful overview of the 8
You will know of Godwin’s law, I’m sure, whereby the longer an internet discussion countinues, “the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches 1.” So, I’m afraid, the time has come.
One of the most gripping if chilling works of history that I’ve read is one that I find myself returning to a lot these days, despite the fact that it is well over 10 years since I first encountered it (in early research for Wilderness of Mirrors). Sir Ian Kershaw has spent a lifetime researching 20th Century German history and has brought all kinds of profound insights to the anglophone world (including through his mammoth two-volume biography of Hitler).
It feels relentless. We are in the 8th week of our family’s experience of Lockdown/Quarantine and while there are hints of change, there is nothing
Today’s reading is neither poetry nor fiction but is prose of a different sort. It is one of C. S. Lewis’s great essays, one which
The letter lay unobtrusively on the doormat, shrouding its contents in the nondescript white envelope. Her mind, distracted by the day’s activities, barely registered its
Here is part 2 of Sofia’s story. If you’ve not read part 1, I suggest you start there. It is harrowing. But important. It is
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
Last week I was interviewed for the IVP blog about the holiday season, a time that is often fraught and a particular challenge for those
To assume that what is going on with Trump, Weinstein, Spacey et al is ‘merely’ about transgressing sexual boundaries is woefully inadequate and patronising. Is
Moving to a new town means having to discover convenient new dog-walking areas. There’s a great little park near us – but there’s a limit
We are so much more aware of the sociological contexts for the public square, these days – or if we’re not, we should be, because they will
It is unavoidable. Each of us is motivated by many different desires and concerns: some positive, some negative, some altruistic, some self-oriented or even selfish.