Archive for June, 2009
The bones of St Paul
According to the Telegraph, the Vatican has just announced that they’ve found the bones of St Paul. The bones – or bone fragments – were found in a white marble sarcophagus along with “traces of a precious linen cloth, purple in colour, laminated with pure gold, and a blue coloured textile with filaments of linen… [...]
Posted: June 29th, 2009 under Stuff.
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Michael Jackson: the mystery starts here
Sad news this morning. Jackson’s life had already gone beyond that of a precociously talented singer and dancer; like Jade Goody (albeit at completely the other end of the talent scale) he had become a metaphor, a symbol, a picture of fame and what it does to a person. What he was, really, was a [...]
Posted: June 26th, 2009 under Life, Stuff.
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Writer’s routines
I’m often told ‘you must be very self-disciplined to do what you do.’ I probably am self-disciplined, but it never feels like that. If anything I’m more deadline driven. When you know that book is due at the end of the month it concentrates the mind wonderfully. The thing is, I’ve never really managed to [...]
Posted: June 15th, 2009 under Stuff, Words.
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Speaking at Le Pas Opton
Title: Speaking at Le Pas Opton Location: Le Pas Opton, France Link out: Click here Description: This year I’ll be leading morning Bible Studies and Evening celebrations at Le Pas Opton – the Spring Harvest site in France. In the morning we’ll be looking at the Big Story what happens in the Bible. In the [...]
Posted: June 2nd, 2009 under Stuff.
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Longest Week at Salisbury Arts Festival
I’m speaking tonight about The Longest Week at the Salisbury Arts Festival. (More info here). Tickets still available if you’re in the area. (Actually they’re stil available even if you’re nowhere near, but you know what I mean…). Here’s the blurb: What really happened? Nick Page talks about his book The Longest Week reconstructing the [...]
Posted: June 1st, 2009 under Longest Week.
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