... what if no one can earn their way to God, but instead he came down to earth as the son of a humble, unmarried peasant woman - a refugee, to boot - to make peace with us and lifted humanity up to him?
80 years ago today WW2 reached its cataclysmic conclusion in the bombing of Hiroshima. But as I write here, the extraordinary but virtually-unknown story of the Aka island truce is a sliver of hope. Other outcomes are possible. @spaceforpeace.bsky.social theconversation.com/when-us-and-...
Part of a building dedication to the Emperor Antoninus Pius by the Sixth Legion which was found at Chesters Roman Fort on Hadrian’s Wall in Northumberland. Now on display in the site museum. 📸 My own. #EpigraphyTuesday#RomanBritain#HadriansWall
Can peace break out unexpectedly? Article I wrote for The Times this week about an incident at the end of World War 2 that is every bit as remarkable as the December 1914 Christmas truces yet which remains virtually unknown. @spaceforpeace.bsky.social@cnduk.bsky.social
"The day US and Japanese soldiers laid down their guns for a picnic" - article I wrote for today's Times (print and online). One of the most amazing stories I have ever encountered. A moment of peaceful, intimate interaction in midst of terrible battle.
Hearing voices and imagining the rainforest: Why Artificial Intelligence (AI) cannot compete with the need for the ‘human touch’ in research analysis Nina Laurie onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
For fieldwork in geography: Lessons from the bookends to Janet Townsend's ‘Women's Voices from the Rainforest’ Nick Megoran onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
