Natural History, Creation and Religious Conflicts

Tuesday, 23 September 2025

Oak trees and thoughts on Caspar David Friedrich’s painting “The Lone Tree”

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Caspar David Friedrich’s painting Der einsame Baum (“The Lone Tree”) (see below, upper) features an oak tree that demands the attention of ...
Wednesday, 30 July 2025

Oakenshaw – and feeling close to coal miners and their families

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I lived in Oakenshaw for over two years, arriving in Spring 1971. It was a mining village in County Durham and consisted largely of a long r...
Friday, 13 June 2025

Jesus as a child

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  There are a large number of paintings of Jesus’ nativity, of his crucifixion and resurrection, and of various other events in his adult li...
Tuesday, 11 February 2025

Singing in a concert

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The book Walking with Gosse [1] opens with the following description: “After the summer holiday season, Paignton in the 1950s was typical o...
Thursday, 23 January 2025

A Complete Unknown

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“A Complete Unknown” is the film of the moment and tells the story of Bob Dylan’s transition from folk singer with acoustic guitar to become...
Thursday, 12 October 2023

I won’t be around in 2050

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Professor Bill McGuire of UCL is the go-to expert for discussion of volcanoes and earthquakes and the likelihood of their adverse effects. H...
Monday, 28 August 2023

Dr Dryasdust, Sir Walter Scott and Philip Henry Gosse

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  Writers of historical novels face the challenge of maintaining accuracy when describing events, while introducing narrative that is a prod...
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