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The Offering
On Sunday Carlos Alcaraz beat Novak Djokovic in the Australian Open tennis championship final. BBC’s Amy Lofthouse reported: ‘Watching Alcaraz is, for the most part, like watching sunshine personified. There is a carefree joy in his shot-making; the huge forehand that goes blasting through every surface, the drop shots and volleys that few would dare…
Deception, Love and Death
Three random ideas caught my attention yesterday. On ‘The Antiques Roadshow’ yesterday evening an expert talked about a ‘trompe l’oeil’. I hadn’t heard of it before, so I had to ask Mr Google. Apparently, it translates from French as ‘deceive the eye’. It’s a technique used in painting and other visual arts to create realistic…
The Outlaw
At Sunday School I was taught about Jesus – his birth, his miracles, his disciples, his teaching his death and his resurrection. I was taught about who he was in familiar pictures – the Good Shepherd, the Bread of Life, the Living Water. I learnt that he was a prophet, a priest, a sacrifice, a…
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