I’ve spent the last hour watching the official video of Jensen McRae’s song “Wolves“. Watching … and crying … and crying. In our anti-trafficking research, Bella and I have been inspired by a particular approach to preventing the abuse of young girls in Fiji. In a program that used to be run by Homes of…
During last week a friend and I watched The Wallat the wonderful Avoca Beach Picture Theatre, not quite knowing what we were going to see. Was it going to be a remake of the original movie or a documentary reflecting on the album that was first released 37 years ago? It turns out to be…
Although life has been hard going the last few years – well actually, because life has been hard going the last few years – I’m no longer so black and white in the way I see many things. I used to think the alternative to black and white was an unattractive gradient of grey. But…
(Originally posted at Men of Strength on 1 March 2014.) At church this morning we sang Oceans again. Yikes! that is a scarey song! “Spirit lead me where my trust is without borders… Take me deeper than my feet could ever wander …” I advise you to think carefully before you voice that request to God. The place…
Mixed with the great speeches at TED, there are plenty of duds. But this one is a wonderful description of the way conductors communicate with their orchestras. Itay Talgam compares the techniques of von Karajan, Bernstein and others. It’s just a pity he didn’t include Danny Kaye!
