Before I depart this world, I would like to visit St. Giles’ Cathedral in Edinburgh, Scotland, and see the Jenny Geddes memorial. I’m told it’s open to the public. Why? What’s interesting about a stool? Well, it’s probably impossible to point to a single moment, or a single object, and say “The Enlightenment began here.”. […]
Religion
Searching for a phrase that will encapsulate his philosophy, and channelling the ideas of Oswald Spengler and Alexandr Solzhenitsyn, Kingsnorth plumps for “reactionary radicalism”. Suffice it to say that by the end of his book the noun is firmly in the adjective’s shadow.
Third and last part of an article discussing Imperia, the large concrete statue of a semi-fictional medieval sex worker. Part 1 is here and Part 2 is here. A Clandestine Erection Imperia went up in April 1993, and I won’t even try to explain the insane backstory. Short version: some people in Constance wanted a […]
Some Americans have been talking about our shared European culture lately! As CT’s resident American-in-Europe, I feel I must respond. So, here’s a European culture story. (This is Part 2, You can find Part 1 here.) Okay, so Imperia! Big concrete statue on the shore of Lake Constance. Medieval sex worker. 9 meters tall, weighs […]
Creation Fest, a registered charity, has said it will not invite the group back, but questions remain
“Under the guise of combatting antisemitism, new laws risk eroding core democratic principles, silencing legitimate dissent and redefining free speech as hate speech.”
You may have viewed Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) offering a mock apology for dismissing a constituent’s complaint that the Medicaid cuts she endorses will cause people to die with the flippant remark, “We are all going to die.” She tied her defense of her callousness to Christianity, inviting all who worried about death to convert […]
Is Trump mad? If declining to share the joys and troubles of the whole human race, to decline a seat at humanity’s common table is a form of madness – then yes, Donald J Trump is mad. What is madness? To order the confinement of a person for their safety and well-being, as well as Continue reading »
Initiative backed by Baroness Warsi and Nusrat Ghani MP aims to bring Muslim perspectives to issues beyond just extremism and security