Creationism is no longer tenable, scientifically, although many still cling to it. This kind of religious 'literalism' can be found in geo-political examples of fundamentalism and particularly in violent, Islamic extremism. If creationism is dead, what do religious people think they mean when they say 'we believe in God, as Creator or Source' in a universe that 'makes itself?' What caused the Big Bang and the Big Birth? How could God be involved, let alone embedded, in natural processes of cosmological and evolutionary change, if any notion of divine 'intervention' undermines the vital...
Creationism is no longer tenable, scientifically, although many still cling to it. This kind of religious 'literalism' can be found in geo-political e...
Creationism is no longer tenable, scientifically, although many still cling to it. This kind of religious 'literalism' can be found in geo-political examples of fundamentalism and particularly in violent Islamic extremism. If creationism is dead, what do religious people think they mean when they say 'we believe in God, as Creator or Source' in a universe that 'makes itself?' What caused the Big Bang and the Big Birth? How could God be involved, let alone embedded, in natural processes of cosmological and evolutionary change, if divine 'intervention' undermines the vital autonomy of these...
Creationism is no longer tenable, scientifically, although many still cling to it. This kind of religious 'literalism' can be found in geo-political e...
Poems collected over the past 45 years under the themes of War and Remembrance, Autumn, Music, Painting, Places, People, Pain, Occasional, Seasons, Things, Good Friday and Easter, Christmas, Spiritual Gaze poems. They explore fragements of perception in the understanding of ordinary things as part of a spiritual gaze, or way of looking. Sometimes they interpret ordinary things as metaphors in the possibility of a greater narrative. They use words to find, indentify and shape meaning in the connections between words and their potrayal of things, events and experiences. They are written in the...
Poems collected over the past 45 years under the themes of War and Remembrance, Autumn, Music, Painting, Places, People, Pain, Occasional, Seasons, Th...
A story of 3 friends navigating their personal and professional lives, at a time of geopolitical crisis. How can the creative imagination, in the arts and culture, renew our perception of difficult and divisive political situations? In the mirrored room of international relations, how can fresh ideas connect people locked, by their attitudes and perceptions, into different and seperate corners? Samuel Taylor Coleridge found a way of steering through competing ideologies, events and ideas in his times. His 'Rime of the Ancient Mariner' poem haunts the hero of this story, as he develop an Arts...
A story of 3 friends navigating their personal and professional lives, at a time of geopolitical crisis. How can the creative imagination, in the arts...
Now retired and confused, Harry struggles to remember his friend's name. He does remember other things - his life as a spy in Vienna and Prague, working with his friend and a Czech girl, Jana from the Russian Embassy. He and his friend make a crucial mistake. Later, at a conference in Prague, dealing with North Korean and Chinese relations, he meets her again, but she is a different person. Then he is invited to a private dinner, by the chairman of the conference, in honour of the Russian Ambassador. The conversation moves through various philosophical and scientific subjects. He meets...
Now retired and confused, Harry struggles to remember his friend's name. He does remember other things - his life as a spy in Vienna and Prague, worki...
In a risk management, over regulated world, it becomes clear that the crisis is unexpected, and unveils itself in different ways, to different people. This story is set in the not too distant future, with technology we can already imagine. Adam works with some scientists connected to the Pentagon. He is away when it happens, and tells Terri, his partner - who works in an international company in New York - they must get out of the city. They flee to her parents, who live on a farm in the country. Things they say and do inspire Adam to look at 'time' and 'place' in a new, almost spiritual way....
In a risk management, over regulated world, it becomes clear that the crisis is unexpected, and unveils itself in different ways, to different people....
The novel is set in the Lebanon and uses archaeology and cultural references as the context for the story of a relationship between Harry - an agent working for a specialist intelligence unit in Washington and Julie - a Dutch woman who used to live in Israel. She is trained in archaeology and is working as a journalist. He fails to tell her the whole truth as their relationship develops, particularly his secret meeting with a Sheikh from Hezbollah on the border with Israel. Then she takes him to meet a friend in Byblos. With ancient stories as a backcloth to current political events and...
The novel is set in the Lebanon and uses archaeology and cultural references as the context for the story of a relationship between Harry - an agent w...
