Wonderful essay on No Land...
http://www.terrain.org/
reviews, books I am reading and a place to look at what I've written and see it differently.
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/
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
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
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
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 ..
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