Le Mur pour la Paix: Art with a political message?
Paris is a feast for those interested in culture and the arts. After my post last week on Barbara Nicolosi’s chapter in For the…
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Serving Clients with Bad Taste
My previous post on cakes has provoked a good deal of comment, and one of those comments, as well as Sara’s post on autonomy,…
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The Burden of Autonomy
When I was working with clients as a graphic designer, there was one statement that I never wanted to hear: ‘You can do whatever…
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6 Times in Edinburgh
If you happen to take a stroll along the Leith Walk in Edinburgh, look out for the man in a pink bikini. Antony Gormley…
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Illuminating the Bible
When I was young, one of my parents would end our meal together by pulling me up on their lap and reading a story…
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Are Books Beautiful Anymore?
If I were asked to say what is at once the most important production of Art and the thing most to be longed for,…
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Theology, Aesthetics, and Culture: Conversations with the Work of David Brown
This year the annual conference of the Institute for Theology, Imagination, and the Arts at the University of St Andrews—held 6-8 September—will focus on…
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Art and Mind Games
On Sunday, 20 June, the Guardian posted an article titled, ‘Why Modern Art is all in the Mind,‘ reviewing a forthcoming book titled, ‘How…
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Shouting over the Thunderstorms
‘There is another danger…that of talking baby language. To see the way some of our best church and cathedral builders decorate their work with…
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