Disquiet on the Western Front
Too many poppies The WWI Western Front in Belgium is heaving with them. Not real ones of course – they grow on disturbed soil, such as battlefields. Red poppy logos … Continue reading
Brussels – Jewish Museum killings & EU elections
Jewish museums in London & Vienna I know, but not the one in Brussels, a city I visit several times a year for ENORB meetings. With the #EU2014 elections in … Continue reading
Martyrs
Bill Viola’s video work Martyrs is now installed at St Paul’s Cathedral (stills above and below). I was updating the Clips page on this blog, including an item on the … Continue reading
Sarajevo’s history today in the FT
The Financial Times magazine today has a WWI-related piece by Simon Kuper – Sarajevo: the crossroads of history. “History in the west often serves as entertainment, something to enjoy from … Continue reading
Intersectionality: women, faith & secularism
Two exciting events coming up. I’m chairing the Women & Faith session at the fabulous Women of the World Festival (at London’s Southbank Centre next Sunday (full programme here). Questions … Continue reading
Straws in the wind for the Church of England
A flurry of self examination from the C of E this week. Maybe it’s taken a while to digest Linda Woodhead’s Religion & Society research (& to wake up to … Continue reading
Women
Here’s a film from the Christian Muslim Forum. I make a brief appearance, in the company of some remarkable women. I keep a rough tally (on twitter) of the male-female … Continue reading
London street conversations
Coming out of a talk at the London School of Economics yesterday evening, I walked past a crowd of students spilling out from the George IV pub. One of the … Continue reading
Peshawar and Nairobi | Iraq, Syria and Egypt
I was invited to speak at the Iman Khoei Islamic Centre in West London on Thursday. This was my contribution. “The news from Peshawar and Nairobi, and the continuing violence … Continue reading
Dust, sport and war
The new BT Sport campaign and a well-known image of troops in action in Afghanistan.
Syria – who cares?
What are your thoughts on UK military action in Syria? Chances are you have an opinion one way or the other. While I was at Greenbelt last weekend, the Prime … Continue reading
Measuring out life with coffee spoons
The latest episode of Analysis has the Quantified Self movement (measuring our daily actions, body data, feelings) up against TS Eliot and Rowan Williams. Can Myers-Briggs, smart phones, self-tracking and … Continue reading
Catriona Robertson 