the waiting country

Here's an interesting anecdote I wasn't aware of: Many of the rules that apply in businesses were set years ago and have endured by ...

Continuing the sequence of major prize-winning literature that this list is turning into - an Orange, & two Bookers to date - we now rea...

Susan Boyle on top form. Honest.

Here we are again. And this time with a book I never epxected to read but found utterly enthralling, albeit not in any joyous way: J M Coetz...

to the album, Flying Cowboys by Rickie Lee Jones (yes, she of the Chuck-E fame). You can check it out on spotify here . The track, Don...

Alan Davey has some helpful thoughts on summer holiday reading here . My own holiday reading went like this: Nocturnes by Kazuo Ishiguro R...

To begin, a confession: I haven't finished reading this book yet. To continue, a defence: it belongs on this list, without a shadow of a...

For her, church was an airy white room with tall windows, looking out on God's good world, with God's good sunlight pouring in those...

From really good literature (Greene) to a really good story, with lots of science thrown in to boot. I read Fred Hoyle 's The Black Clou...

Having studied a Graham Greene novel at 'A' level ( The Power and The Glory ), I've always had a fascination with his work, not...

An elegant, elegaic novel, written in almost sublime English by a Japanese author. First read this book when it was feted as the winner of ...

I preached not so long ago on Mark 1:9-13 and (from memory) handled Jesus being with the wild beasts in verse 13 as a counterpoint to Adam...

Over at Stepcase Lifehack , Craig Harper has written a piece about disconnection. I particularly liked his suggestions for avoiding disconne...

This was a book I bought on a recommendation of sorts and it sat (with many others) by my bedside for a few months, unread. I tried to start...

is where in the pinewoods in the moments between the darkness and first light two deer came walking down the hill and when they saw me they ...

The Badger and I have decided to blog 15 of our all-time favourite works of literature and I'm kicking the series off (you can find him ...

Some verses in Proverbs 20 recently struck me as particularly appropriate for those engaged in pastoral care: one for direction, one for hu...

David Allen's (almost) seminal work, Getting Things Done , is a very stimulating read - and not just for those looking for better workin...

For some time now I've been trying to implement a GTD method of working (if it's new to you, here's a brief explanation ). Allie...

Way back when, unless a mate had the album, all you had to go on were the singles released, the odd album track played on the radio and the ...