Robertson Recommends
BOOKS Yesterday I bought Richard Sennett’s Together: the rituals, pleasures & politics of cooperation. The blurb says “Living with people who differ – racially, ethnically, religiously, or economically – is … Continue reading
The week in London
TUESDAY Delighted to be at the House of Lords on Tuesday (security in overdrive – day before the State Opening of Parliament) for the Syeda Fatima Interfaith Conference. Surrounded by … Continue reading
Sharing the silence at Selfridges
Selfridges has reinstated its 1909 Silence Room. To enter, you need to remove shoes and electronic devices. The entrance is down a dark corridor and the inside is carpeted and … Continue reading
Secular Europe, parking space and a book I haven’t read
It’s £47.50, so probably not an impulse buy, but Lorenzo Zucca’s new book, A Secular Europe: Law and Religion in the European Constitutional Landscape is a good one*. I asked Lorenzo … Continue reading
Top Christmas cards 2012
Twelfth Night. The decorations are down and I’ve been collecting up the cards. Always amuses me that staunchly atheist friends send cards with religious themes (angels, wise men, Flights into … Continue reading
Pankaj Mishra at London Review Bookshop
Looking forward to hearing Pankaj Mishra (author of Temptations of the West – how to be Modern in India, Pakistan and Beyond) speak next Tuesday evening about his new book, … Continue reading
An Atheist and a Muslim walk into a Christian festival . .
We couldn’t make the Greenbelt Festival for the first time in years, mud ‘n all. And missed a cracking line-up: Proclaimers (and I would walk five hundred miles . .), … Continue reading
Philosophy? Wisdom? Spirituality? The Financial Times struggles to find the right word
The FT Weekend has a story this weekend on how the Minniapolis company General [Häagen-Dazs] Mills has embraced eastern philosophy – er, wisdom – no, spirituality- in a bid to … Continue reading
Multifaith logos with a difference
I like these – especially the inclusion of a question mark! The row of accepted religious symbols is de rigeur … Continue reading
(Why) should atheists engage with religious people?
I responded to a blog post this week & I’d be interested in your comments. Should inter faith and multifaith activities involve people who do not identify themselves as religious? … Continue reading
A Jewish weekend
Yesterday I joined one of South London Inter Faith Group’s walks. It included the Bevis Marks Synagogue (the website has a beautiful soundtrack). On Saturday evening I was at the … Continue reading
Networks, anyone?
My next invitation to say a few words is for the Inter Faith Network – UK next week. The programme says Networking – what is it?! What is a ‘network’? … Continue reading
