Last week I heard something that stopped me in my tracks. I was listening to a BBC presenter explaining the Beatles’ role in the social revolution of the 1960s, when individualism became the guiding creed of Western society....
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Connecting with Culture looks back on the highs and lows of a challenging year...
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There is no lockdown on the Holy Spirit. There is no lockdown on ‘just happening’ to meet the person he’s put on your heart in the grocery aisle, or on him healing a friend sixty miles away, or giving you the right word (you know it was him) for a colleague on a call, or strengthening you for another day in the classroom, the same room, the Zoom room. ...
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How do you form an identity without a map, or face the future when the ground beneath your feet is turning to mud? Who and what is trustworthy in a ‘post-truth’ world where institutions are distrusted, and where the ‘adults’ often seem impotent or negligent? ...
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Here we go. Again. But it feels different this time. The days are getting darker, that glimpse of a normal summer is a fading memory, and our horizons of Christmas, New Year, and 2021 are all shrouded in uncertainty. How long before this is over? How long, Lord?...
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The teen winds her way up the snaking carriages on the London tube, strategically placing slips of paper next to unsuspecting passengers. Not wanting to shift and draw attention, I strained to read the upside-down all-caps. ...
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British astronaut Tim Peake has got a new book out. Limitless is the autobiography of his life as a soldier, pilot, parent, and astronaut. ...
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As the days get darker and shorter, people are finding the prospect of more restrictions for months to come even harder than when we first went into lockdown. ...
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When someone says ‘London Marathon’, we probably picture Tower Bridge and Big Ben, crowds lining the pavements, and thousands of charity runners spurring one another on through their 26.2 miles. ...
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Who knows you best? Your family? Your spouse? Your friends? What if, actually, the truth is that soulless algorithms written by Californian tech gurus know us better than we even know ourselves? ...
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