The food of love
In a week when Miles Davis would have reached 100 and Sonny Rollins dies at 95, it’s been interesting, though hardly surprising, to see how important music is to each of us, interesting to see the crossover points between different backgrounds and tastes, and good to listen to the choices people have made. https://tonyearnshaw.substack.com/p/the-food-of-love
In praise of Mystery
https://tonyearnshaw.substack.com/p/in-praise-of-mystery This week’s blog is, in a sense, religious, but is also not really religious but about how we treat each other, and how beliefs (in anything or nothing) impact our attitudes to each other.
Minor Destructions
As we know, there is no shortage of destruction around at the moment – the blood thirsty criminals who rule much of the world make sure of that. And away from the theatres of war the stirrers of hatred attack people for being Jewish, or Muslim, or for the crime of fleeing persecution – and […]
Beauty and the Beast revisited
Beauty and the Beast – a classic example of redemption through love, specifically the love of a beautiful woman – characters in fairy stories are almost always either beautiful or evil, especially the women. https://tonyearnshaw.substack.com/p/meeting-the-beast
On Launching a book
Writing has an element of baring the soul and it can feel that reading to an audience exacerbates the sense of exposure. Somehow, despite this, it’s almost always a pleasurable experience, an opportunity to share, to see that people are moved, amused, provoked and that makes the whole business worthwhile https://tonyearnshaw.substack.com/p/on-launching-a-book
A playwright turns his hand to blogging
This has been a different few days – the first talks about and readings from my new book, approving proofs for different distribution channels, all culminating in the big launch on Friday. https://tonyearnshaw.substack.com/p/a-playwright-turns-his-hand-to-blogging
Disruption and community
I was moved, and both saddened, and encouraged by two trips to the theatre in the last couple of weeks – A powerful story of flight from war and persecution, of disrupted lives. – and a hymn to community, a celebration of life and a reminder to savour the moment. https://tonyearnshaw.substack.com/p/disruption-and-community
Hope for Peace
This week seems a good time to be thinking about both sides of humanity as we approach Easter. There is a tendency to see Easter either as a purely Christian festival, arguably the most important time in the Christian calendar, or as a purely secular event … https://tonyearnshaw.substack.com/p/hope-for-peace
Author copies on their way…
“I knew you were the planet for me/the moment I first saw you…” the opening lines of the poem that started it all, and the excitement of getting a book out https://tonyearnshaw.substack.com/p/author-copies-on-their-way
A break from the news
Buses. Trains. Trams. Cars. – A few days on the Isle of Man didn’t go quite to plan. https://tonyearnshaw.substack.com/p/manx-break