Saturday 5 December 2015

Thursday 3 December 2015

The Necklace

Is this the best short story ever?
http://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/UBooks/Neck.shtml

Alfred the Great

Political thought (and theology)
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B000SEIKSC?_encoding=UTF8&isInIframe=1&n=341677031&ref_=dp_proddesc_0&s=digital-text&showDetailProductDesc=1#reader_B000SEIKSC

Medieval Theologians

Includes chapter on Bede
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Medieval-Theologians-Introduction-Theology-Period/dp/0631212035/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1449164010&sr=1-1#customerReviews

Alcuin

Alcuin: Theology & Thought
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Alcuin-Theology-Thought-Douglas-Dales-ebook/dp/B00NO5ESB0/ref=kinw_dp_ke

Friday 20 November 2015

Short story writing

The blog of the class. Episode 4. Previous episodes available. Pam McIlroy.
https://pamreader.wordpress.com/2015/11/16/short-story-writing-class-week-4-story-structure/

Mongabay environmental information

http://mongabay.org/blog/

Saturday 14 November 2015

Putting the child back into childhood

And the miracle of learning to read ... Rebecca Stone Hill:
http://rebeccastonehill.com/writing-blogs/seven-year-old/

Wednesday 11 November 2015

Tombow coloured pencils

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Tombow-Irojiten-CI-RTC-30C-Colour-Pencils/dp/B0016GJWUG

Tuesday 22 September 2015

How to write a blog post

From Buffer:
https://blog.bufferapp.com/how-to-write-a-blog-post?utm_content=bufferef94e&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Friday 28 August 2015

Augustine of Hippo

Blog post from iBenedictines
http://www.ibenedictines.org/2015/08/28/st-augustine-a-very-contemporary-saint/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Ibenedictines+%28iBenedictines%29

Tuesday 18 August 2015

Roman coins online

CRRO: Coinage of the Roman Republic Online
http://numismatics.org/crro/

Sunday 16 August 2015

Key texts for 16yr olds

Writers choose the books they think people should read.
http://www.newstatesman.com/2015/07/teenage-kicks

100 best novels

Check out @GuardianBooks's Tweet: https://twitter.com/GuardianBooks/status/632828914381926400

Thursday 30 July 2015

Time & Relexivity

Social Imagination blog post.

"A sense of who we are ..."

http://sociologicalimagination.org/archives/16400?utm_content=buffer1d75c&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

This article is full of wonderful insights and quotable quotes on identity and self-realization. (Warning: complex and sometimes obscure language / socio-speak.)

Thursday 23 July 2015

Ten rules of writing. Fiction.

Sarah Waters. Good advice here.
http://www.aerogrammestudio.com/2013/07/14/ssarah-waters-ten-rules-for-writing-fiction/

Sunday 19 July 2015

On Alan Garner ..

https://wifflelevertofull.wordpress.com/2009/02/18/extracts-from-bobs-1984-diary-volume-49/

Wednesday 15 July 2015

Roman verse inscriptions

Free pdf book of British latin verse ...
https://thepetrifiedmuse.wordpress.com/undying-voices/

Tuesday 14 July 2015

Top books, women authors

Blog post. 20 must read books. Judith Kinghorn.
http://www.judithkinghornwriter.com/my-20-must-read-books-by-women-authors/

Friday 12 June 2015

Museum theft, Vindolanda

From Evening Chronicle:
http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/vindolanda-thieves-steal-face-2000-9429695?fb_ref=Default#ICID=sharebar_facebook

Friday 29 May 2015

BooksGoSocial Facebook group

Facebook group for readers and writers
https://m.facebook.com/groups/booksgosocialreaders/?utm_content=buffer26837&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Wednesday 27 May 2015

Hedgehog or Fox?

Essay by Isaiah Berlin on how you view tye world
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hedgehog_and_the_Fox
via Social Imagination @socimagination

Thursday 7 May 2015

Prehistory and connection

Some thoughts from Twitter via Dr Rachel Pope
Check out @M_F_Hand's Tweet: https://twitter.com/M_F_Hand/status/596278932078469121

Tuesday 21 April 2015

Thanet - Phoenician trading post?

Linguistics and coin distribution
http://www.caitlingreen.org/2015/04/thanet-tanit-and-the-phoenicians.html

Monday 13 April 2015

Roman villa

Roman villa found, Yorkshire bypass.
http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/archaeology/art522400-heated-dining-rooms-and-butchery-the-robbed-roman-villa-found-by-archaeologists-in-yorkshire

Saturday 14 March 2015

4th century textile

Amazing 4th c. Egyptian wall hanging
Check out @caitlinrgreen's Tweet: https://twitter.com/caitlinrgreen/status/576514514901925888

Monday 23 February 2015

25 most read archaeology articles

Taylor and Francis: access to 25 most read articles from their journals
http://explore.tandfonline.com/page/ah/most-read-2015/archaeology-25-most-read-2015

Monday 16 February 2015

Theos blog series on the future of religion

A very worthwhile and thoughtful series of blogs.  February 2015. Introduction.
http://www.theosthinktank.co.uk/comment/2015/02/05/what-is-the-future-for-religion-in-britain

Wednesday 11 February 2015

Teaching and the joy of learning

5 ways to assess joy
http://www.brilliant-insane.com/2015/02/5-ways-to-assess-joy.html?utm_content=bufferc1801&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Sunday 8 February 2015

Lent on BBC Radio 4

Bishop Desmond Tutu's book: In God's Hands
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/1vp23x8nRQHDj83RxtqZscb/in-god-s-hands

Tuesday 3 February 2015

TS Eliot - a biography

Rowan Williams reviews the new biography of TS Eliot early years 1/3
http://www.newstatesman.com/culture/2015/01/new-ts-eliot-biography-shows-how-bruising-home-life-led-poetic-breakthrough

Sunday 1 February 2015

Nothing compares

Sinead O'Connor.  Dailymotion music. Nothing compares to you.
Good summary of Philippians 3.
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2cdyy_sinead-o-connor-nothing-compares-2_music

Saturday 24 January 2015

Michael Moorcock

That great original.
http://www.tor.com/blogs/2015/01/michael-moorcock-the-whispering-swarm-videos-multiverse

Sunday 18 January 2015

Poems and where to submit them

Second part of a useful blog by Roy Marshall
https://roymarshall.wordpress.com/2015/01/17/where-can-i-send-my-poems-part-2/

Tuesday 6 January 2015

Picture for meditation

The Virgin Mary Consoles Eve.
Check out @michaelfrost6's Tweet: https://twitter.com/michaelfrost6/status/547174691383693312

Saturday 3 January 2015

Fairy tales

Rowan Williams on why we need fairy tales.
http://www.newstatesman.com/culture/2014/12/rowan-williams-why-we-need-fairy-tales-now-more-ever

Friday 2 January 2015

18th century faith


The Watchful Clothier
The dairies of a non-conformist
http://www.booksandculture.com/articles/2015/janfeb/watchman-what-do-you-see.html?visit_source=twitter