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Monthly Archives: September 2014
My First Hour at the Bodleian Library, Oxford
I arrive early to the Bodleian library in Oxford, very nervous and quite intimidated. The attached quadrant has named each of its doorways in Latin: Schola Grammaticae et Historiae and Schola Naturalis Philosophiae. I have to go to the Clarendon … Continue reading
Posted in Original Research, Reflections
Tagged academic, Bodleian Library, C.S. Lewis, manuscripts, Oxford, research, travel, unpublished manuscript
19 Comments
10 Great Quotations from T. S. Eliot on His Birthday
Interesting Literature T. S. Eliot was born on 26 September 1888. So, on what would have been his 126th birthday, we’ve compiled ten of our favourite quotations from the great poet, playwright, critic, editor, and publisher. All of them are … Continue reading
Posted in News & Links, Reflections
Tagged cheese, courage, On Writing, Poetry, T.S. Eliot, writing
3 Comments
On Monasticism and New Monasticism
I am posting this from the Gladstone’s library. This is a relatively new library for Wales (the 19th century), and is the Prime Minister’s own library, though he isn’t here at the moment. I am sitting in the theology reading … Continue reading
Posted in Reflections
Tagged Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Gladstone's Library, History, Jean Vanier, Monasticism, monks, New Monasticism, Shane Claiborne, theology, Theology of Culture, Wales
19 Comments
Leuven to Chester in 12 Hours (Live Tweeting Adventure)
08:59 Very thankful for church bells in Leuven; set my Mon-Fri alarm on Sunday #fail 09:00 Evidently I am incapable of sleeping in Europe. Ugh. 09:01 Breakfast: three leftover sips from a Coke Zero named Michaël 09:15 Finished last Belgian … Continue reading
Posted in Reflections, Reviews
Tagged Belgium, Beowulf, British Library, Chester, cows, Doctor Who, France, Leuven, London, research, Starbucks, The Beatles, travel
26 Comments
You Are Here: My First Afternoon in Leuven
My first few hours of Leuven, Belgium is captured perfectly by the very helpful city maps scattered throughout its shops and streets. A series of cobblestone paths and stone houses radiating out of the ancient University centre, the maps capture … Continue reading
Posted in Reflections
Tagged bathrooms, beer, Belgium, bicycles, Europe, Leuven, Stella Artois, travel, University, wifi
19 Comments
Wow, What a Fall!
Or a trip–choose your double entendre. I have been impeccably busy these last few weeks, so that family meals have been like Gatorade cups in a marathon, and my garden has started to engulf the neighbour’s Buick. The wood is … Continue reading
Posted in News & Links
Tagged academic, C.S. Lewis, fantasy, Inklings, ISRLC, literature, Oxford, Ransom Trilogy, Teaching, The Screwtape Letters, theology, writing
8 Comments
Falling Towers and Failing Courage: The Sleeping Giant a Decade after 9/11
How have we moved and grown in our reflection on 9/11? My family walked through the 9/11 site a couple of summers ago, the great testament of this experience to Lower Manhattan’s story. Tourists streamed through, office workers streamed by, … Continue reading
Posted in Reflections
Tagged 9/11, Afghanistan, BBC, C.S. Lewis, Canada, courage, honor, Iraq, ISIS, Mere Christianity, President Obama, retreat, shame, war, WWI, WWII
13 Comments
10 Great Quotations for International Literacy Day
Some Inspiration for International Literacy Day! Interesting Literature Today is International Literacy Day! What better time, then, to celebrate some of the wisest, wittiest, pithiest, silliest, and most profound things that writers have ever said about literature and reading? The … Continue reading