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Mark Meynell's jottings and musings about a world that gets stranger by the day
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Q Marks the Spot (September 2026) (opens the original)
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Sacred Treasure Very sad to hear that Wendell Berry has died at 92. What an extraordinary life well lived and written. Here is one tribute (of thousands, no doubt) from The Rabbit Room with his poem How To Be a Poet. And while we’re at the Rabbit Room, Ally Gordon writes on The Trouble With […]
25 Books: Laughing Out Loud (opens the original)
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I need to laugh. It’s as simple as that; the only sure means of sanity I know. I therefore demand little else if I am able to have a good laugh. Which is why these books (not exhaustive by any means, and somewhat infuriatingly, I keep thinking of foolish omissions—but what can you do?) have […]
Facing and Handling Doubt: Not If, But How (opens the original)
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I don’t think I can remember a time of not doubting stuff. Is that weird? Perhaps. But it’s not really been something I’m able to prevent. Like breathing. There’s also perhaps been a sub-tectonic strain of cynicism within me that, if anything, has grown over the years not diminished. So my challenge has […]
So how ‘Christian’ is the Ukraine Invasion (opens the original)
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I can’t quite believe this is still necessary, but that’s the nature of things i guess. But I’ve recently read a couple of pieces which purport to bring historical and even theological perspectives to the war in Ukraine, claiming to rebalance the narrative because it is distorted by a MSM (mainstream media) that is hostile […]
Triptych Ep 2:5 | I Cheerfully Refuse, The Fighting Temeraire, No Line on the Horizon (opens the original)
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The Masterpieces 1. Leif Enger’s I CHEERFULLY REFUSE (2025) We start with a very up-to-date masterpiece this time: Leif Enger’s 2025 novel I Cheerfully Refuse. Enger is perhaps not so well known on this side of the Atlantic, but he deserves to be. His writing is lyrical and evocative, and the world he creates for this […]
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