by Nick
In view of the impending rapture, I thought I would share something that I wrote for an event some years back. It was going to be a series of spoofs of the Left Behind series, but in the end I figured that the series was probably beyond spoofing. So anyway, here, without further ado is… […]
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by Nick
My daughter is doing SATS this week. This brilliant cartoon reflects some of my feelings about exams. Taken from this collection of Calvin & Hobbes strips.
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by Nick
Well not lost. More mislaid. Or disused, to be precise. There are several of these on London’s Underground network (what my daughters used to call the ‘Undertrain’ when they were toddlers). According to the Independent, a guy has plans to open them up as bars or clubs, although the officials say rather tersely that ‘We […]
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by Nick
One of my most treasured possessions is my old Sansui A40 amp. I bought it in 1980 with my student grant cheque – remember them? I think it cost me about £40 which was a big chunk of money in those days. Joined it up with an old Garrard 2P-25 turntable and some home made […]
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Happy Saint Patrick’s day. But here’s a link to a post I wrote last year which gives what we really know about him. ‘Like Saint George and the English, Patrick has little to do with Irishness. He was a British missionary, from what is now South-West England, called to the Barbarians…’
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by Nick
Love this. Not quite as good as the real thing, but a lot shorter. And more steampunk.
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by Nick
“Women are responsible for two thirds of the work done worldwide, yet earn only 10% of the total income and own 1% of the property.” Simple, effective video for International Women’s Day, featuring Daniel Craig and Judi Dench. 007 in a blonde wig: there’s an image to remember.
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by Nick
Fascinating blog posts from The Rap Sheet, looking at Copycat Covers. In this age of stock photos the same pictures crop up on different books. I like these two. Two entirely different subjects, but both using that pretty little church and the same basic layout. I wonder who got there first? When you’re thinking about […]
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by Nick
Here, from a 1960s comic book is an advert for libraries. Tim knows so much – but where does he find out this cool stuff? The protests are causing some councils to rethink their proposed library cuts, according to The Guardian. Maybe I’ll send Oxfordshire council a copy of this. It might just do the […]
Categories: Stuff, Writing & writers
by Nick
I want this book. Correction. I need this book. There’s a slideshow of images from the book here. I spend quite a lot of my time devising and designing these sort of things. (See also this post on beautiful timelines from last year.)
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by Nick
Duncan Hamilton: Harold Larwood A great biography of a great sportsman. Larwood is famous, of course, for his role in the Bodyline series of 1932-33, but there was more to him than that.He was, in fact, the fastest bowler that England has ever produced, and possibly the fastest of all time. And, because of Bodyline, […]
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by Nick
I don’t know where I bought this. Or, indeed, why I bought it. I remember having a badge of Che Guevara as an eleven year old in the early seventies: the romantic image of the revolutionary hero. Then I grew up. This book is a bit like that. As a historical document it’s quite interesting, […]
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by Nick
There are 40 books by my bed. Most of them I haven’t yet read. A few of them I want to re-read. Some of them I’ve started but have got bogged down with. And some of them are to do with a bizarre obsession with Herman Melville. But they’ve all been sitting the for some […]
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by Nick
Happy Christmas! And what could be more Christmas than a gift? So here, my friends, is a free, sample chapter from my forthcoming book The Wrong Messiah. And, of course, it being Christmas, I decided to give you the chapter about Bethlehem. This deals with Jesus’ birth: the time, the place, the realities. Stripping away […]
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The movement is gathering pace! We have had literally single units of people joining the new Extraordinariate. (Which is at least as good as the Ordinariate can claim.) But we’re not resting on our laurels. Oh no. Now it gets even better. Because, what if you want to do church differently? What if you want […]
by Nick
Are you bored with being boring? Want to be part of a church that is interesting? Do you want a life less ordinariate? Then join the Extraordinariate. You might have heard of the Ordinariate – being set up for the masses of Anglican clergy who want to ‘defect’ to Rome (around 50 last count.) But […]
by Nick
There are many days when you wonder about the future of the Anglican church. And then there are days when the Anglican church does something so mind-numbingly asinine that you wonder if it deserves a future at all. Pete made a big mistake in some of his language. Looked at in context the post wasn’t […]
by Nick
The Eynsham Mysteries 2010 are coming! In two weeks’ time I shall be treading the boards – or the floor tiles, at least – of St Leonards Church, Eynsham, in the 2010 version of the Eynsham Mysteries. These are versions of the medieval mysteryplays, rewritten by my good self (this year with Vanessa Sampson) and […]
by Nick
Gap’s new logo has been a disaster. But nothing daunted, their PR department has come to their aid with a carefully worded entry on facebook. It’s a fascinating insight into the world of PR… Here’s what they said and what it actually means. Gap: Thanks for everyone’s input on the new logo! Translation: ShutupShutupShutupShutupShutupShutup. Gap: […]
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by Nick
I think I’ve just discovered my dream office. Sadly, it’s in Costa Rica, so the commute is a bit of a pig. Still, the coffee would be good. More at BLDG BLOG
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