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Fruits Of The Marazion Quaker Library (16) - Moira Fitt (2022) 'The Golden Thread
In My Life - A Spiritual Journey With Quakers'
28/06/2025
   
Fruits Of The Marazion Quaker Library (15) - Alternative Defence Review (May 2025) 20/06/2025
   
Ithell Colquhoun - A Radical Visionary Artist's Exhibition -
'Between Two Worlds' - At Tate St Ives In 2025

03/05/202

   
Fruits Of The Marazion Quaker Library (14) - Marcus Rediker 'The Fearless Benjamin Lay The Quaker Dwarf And Abolitionist 26/04/2025
   
Fruits Of The Marazion Quaker Library (13) - Akala (2018) Natives: Race & Class In The Ruins Of Empire 28/02/2025
   
Fruits Of The Marazion Quaker Library (12) - Sheila Hancock (2022) 'Old Rage' 22/12/2024
   
Revolutionary Nonviolence - With Thanks To Milan Rai, Noam Chomsky, AJ Muste,
and Peter Le Mare
11/12/2024
   
Malgorzata Mirga-Tas - A Polish-Roma Artist Of Distinction -
Her Tate St Ives Exhbition In 2024/5
16/11/2024
   
Mark Waistell, Quaker Singer/Songwriter From Devon - A Creative Voice 13/11/2024
   
Marie De Hennezel - Pour Lire La Vieillesse - How Best To Understand Ageing -
And The Insights Of Carl Jung
11/11/2024
   
My 'Mine To Die' (2024) - Reviewed In The Local Newspaper 'The St Ives Times And Echo' By Its Editor, Toni Carver 08/10/2024
   
Fruits Of The Marazion Quaker Library (11) - Part Two: Hugh McGregor Ross (1990) Thirty Essays On The Gospel Of Thomas' 20/09/2024
   
Mine To Die Gets Close To Another Print Run 17/09/2024
   
Fruits Of The Marazion Quaker Library (10) - Part One: Hugh McGregor Ross (1990)
'Thirty Essays On The Gospel Of Thomas'
10/08/2024
   
Fruits Of The Marazion Quaker Library (9) - Kate Thomas, 'Falmouth and the Transatlantic Slave Trade' (2022) and Three Other Gems
25/07/2024
   
Beatriz Milhazes At Tate St Ives - A Portuguese Celebration Of Life 22/07/2024
   
Living The Good Life - Meet Alan Newton, A Marazion Quaker 04/06/2024
   
Making Sense - Remarkable Insights From Professor Martin Stanton
16/05/2024
   
Exploring New Worlds - Outi Pieski At Tate St Ives - And Redefining Boundaries 09/05/2024
   
Fruits Of The Marazion Quaker Library - David Olusoga (2020) 'Black And British -
A Short Essential History'
16/03/2024
   
My Latest Book: 'Mine To Die' Has A Day Out In Truro 03/03/2024
   
Fruits Of The Marazion Quaker Library - Julian Of Norwich - Part 2 15/02/2024
   
Fruits Of The Marazion Quaker Library - Julian Of Norwich (from 1373)
'Revelations Of Divine Love' - Part 1
14/02/2024
   
Fruits Of The Marazion Quaker Library - Hugh McGregor Ross (1991/2008)
'George Fox - A Christian Mystic'
05/01/2024
   
Love At Christmas 29/12/2023
   
'Social Murder' Is A Term Used By Friedrich Engels In The Nineteenth Century -
Read About Social Murder In The UK Today
23/11/2023
   
Fruits Of The Marazion Quaker Library - Richard Rohr (2014/2022) -
'Silent Compassion - Finding God In Contemplation'.
21/11/2023
   
Dying To Know - And Now Some Of The Truth Is Coming Out 03/11/2023
   
Fruits Of The Marazion Quaker Library - Palden Jenkins (2012) - 'Pictures Of Palestine - A Humanitarian Blogging From Bethlehem' 01/11/2023
   
A Tribute To Charles Wilfred Tregenza (1891-1974) -
A Remarkable Cornishman And Quaker
16/10/2023
   
Fruits Of The Marazion Quaker Library - Chris Nineham (2023) - 'Lies, Propaganda And The West's War In Ukraine' 16/10/2023
   
Fruits Of The Marazion Quaker Library - Robert Lawrence Smith (1998) -
'A Quaker Book Of Wisdom'
04/10/2023
   
Louise Donovan - Her Textile Art Exhibition At The Marazion
Quakers' Meeting House In September 2023
19/09/2023
   
Still Running - Still Celebrating 30/04/2023
   
You Can't Take It With You - Exploring The Magic Of Frank Capra,
Film Director Extraordinaire
30/12/2022
   
What's So Special About Jesus Of Nazareth?
Some Christmas Reflections From A Quaker Attender
22/12/2022
   
In Praise Of Nick Wilkinson - Celebrating His First Solo Exhibition
At The Jupiter Gallery In Newlyn
10/10/2022
   
The World Seen Through The Eyes Of A New Quaker Attender - Part Six: Jesus Protests In The Temple - And Within A Week Is Dead, Crucified. Yet He Lives. 12/09/2022
   
The World Seen Through The Eyes Of A New Quaker Attender - Part Five:
After The Hunter-Gatherers, The Wheels Loosen And The Crash Looms
05/09/2022
   
The World Seen Through The Eyes Of A New Quaker Attender - Part Four:
Back To The Beginning - An Anthropological And Biological Joy-Ride
29/08/2022
   
The World Seen Through The Eyes Of A New Quaker Attender - Part Three:
The Heart Of Quakerism As Explored By Zoom At A Plymouth Meeting
22/08/2022
   
The World Seen Through The Eyes Of A New Quaker Attender - Part Two:
Mark's Account Of The Charismatic Preacher Called Jesus
15/08/2022
   
The World Seen Through The Eyes Of A New Quaker Attender - Part One:
My Thoughts As An Attender At The Marazion Sunday Meeting
08/08/2022
   
In Memoriam - Pete Richards (1960 - 20220 and David Siggers (1960 - 2022) 27/07/2022
   
Two St Ives Boys Continue Their Journey - On To The Kenidjack Valley
And Over To Cape Cornwall - Part Two
12/06/2022
   
Two St Ives Boys At Botallack - A Day Out Around The Mine Shafts -
With Video - Part One
11/06/2022
   
Two St Ives Boys At Levant - A Champion Cornish Mine -
With Video Accompaniment
28/05/2022
   
Louise Donovan and Her Textile Art Exhibition at the Crypt Gallery in St Ives -
November 2021 - Part Three
11/12/2021
   
Louise Donovan and Her Textile Art Exhibition at the Crypt Gallery in St Ives -
November 2021 - Part Two
03/12/2021
   
A Cornish Cover-Up - Just Don't Mention The Virus - What Health Crisis? 28/11/2021
   
Louise Donovan and Her Textile Art Exhibition at the Crypt Gallery in St Ives -
November 2021 - Part One
26/11/2021
The Joy Of Discovering An Author I Had Not Heard Of Before -
Margaret Kennedy (1896-1967)
04/07/2021
   
'Alone In Berlin', A Masterpiece By Hans Fallada - And A Warning To Us All 20/06/2021
   
David James Patterson (1935 - 2021) - My Remarkable Teacher 20/03/2021
   
Video Time At Donovan Enterprises 07/02/2021
   
The Professor And The Parson And Me 25/08/2020
   
A Glimpse Back In Time - A Gift From The Gods In This Covid Year 29/07/2020
   
Robert Lax (1915 - 2000) - An Extraordinary American Poet 10/06/2020
   
The Art Of Loving (Erich Fromm) - And The Dark
Side Of Boris - Part Four
28/05/2020
   
The Art Of Loving (Erich Fromm) - And The Dark
Side Of Boris - Part Three
20/05/2020
   
The Art Of Loving (Erich Fromm) - And The Dark
Beast Of Brexit (Boris Johnson) - Part Two
13/05/2020
   
The Art Of Loving (Erich Fromm) - And The Dark
Beast Of Brexit (Boris Johnson) - Part One
07/05/2020
   
Me and Lee Stevenson - My Portrait In Oils 14/04/2020
   
Celebrating The Penwith Artists And Authors That I've Met 26/02/2020
   
Coming out as a poet and artist - Floreat Dartfordia - Part Two.
12/11/2019
   
Floreat Dartfordia - Part One 30/10/2019
   
Peter Ted goes to his Oxford Gaudy 02/07/2019
   
Completing the London Marathon 03/05/2019
   
St Ives in Stitches 11/04/2019
   
London Marathon … Sally Army … Part Four 19/03/2019
   
Misogyny, subcultures … Pete Richards 11/03/2019
   
London Marathon … Part Three - Newlyn 22/02/2019
   
London Marathon - Part Two 20/02/2019
   
London Marathon - Part One 06/02/2019
   
Alex Hurricane Higgins - Richard Dormer 20/01/2019
   
Benjamin Bertie Blissett - Researching For Grandad 27/12/2018
   
Louise Donovan - Textile Artist - Part Four 07/12/2018
   
Louise Donovan - Textile Artist - Part Three 25/11/2018
   
Louise Donovan - Textile Artist - Part Two 22/11/2018
   
Louise Donovan - Textile Artist - Part One 18/11/2018
   
Death, Grief and Art 27/08/2018
   
The Death of Dr David Kelly 02/08/2018
   
Donovan's Redwing Residency - Drink in Victorian Norwich 27/06/2018
   
Donovan's Redwing Residency - What's wrong with schools 18/06/2018
   
The Snail loses its Shell 17/06/2018
   
What does a philosopher have to say - Part Two 10/03/2018
   
Geoff Hichens shoots the photos 25/01/2018
   
Robert Pirzig's 'Zen and the art …' 15/12/2017
   
Rob Donovan and the St Ives running … Down 03/12/2017
   
Rob Donovan and the St Ives running … Up 02/12/2017
   
My friend David Siggers 17/11/2017
   
One, two, three - neoliberal school discipline 23/10/2017
   
Running the Oxford Half Marathon 14/10/2017
   
W.J.Brown (2015) … Winterbottom 27/09/2017
   
Drink in Victorian Norwich - Redwing 17/07/2017
   
The London Marathon - April 23 2017 27/04/2017
   
Countdown to the London Marathon - Part 5 03/04/2017
   
Countdown to the London Marathon - Part 4 20/03/2017
   
Countdown to the London Marathon - Part 3 06/03/2017
   
Countdown to the London Marathon - Part 2 04/02/2017
   
Countdown to the London Marathon - Part 1 17/01/2017
   
Celebrity Culture, Kim Kardashian and the Death of Local Communities 28/12/2016
   
Taking Statistical Stock - Part Three - through the eyes of Peter Ted 07/11/2016
   
Running to rediscover the portals of Oxford - Part Five 15/10/2016
   
Patmos - An Aegean Island of Healing 14/09/2016
   
Taking Statistical Stock - Part Two 27/08/2016
   
Running to rediscover the portals of Oxford - Part Four 31/07/2016
   
Taking Statistical Stock - Part One 25/06/2016
   
Running to keep Running - Part Three 29/05/2016
   
Under the Surface of St Ives 14/05/2016
   
St Ives starts saying no to second-home ownership 07/05/2016
   
Singing a song to Ella 17/04/2016
   
Rough Sex in St Ives 09/04/2016
   
Running to find the zone - Part Two 26/03/2016
   
Unrobing Ofsted 14/03/2016
   
Understanding the Past 05/03/2016
   
Running to find the zone - Part One 20/02/2016
   
A Portal Self-Assessment 14/02/2016
   
Joy of Words 30/01/2016
   
Through the Portal 25/01/2016
   
Welcome to my Blog 16/01/2016
   
 
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Catz Oxford - Gaudy - 2019
Catz Oxford - Gaudy - 2019
 
Completing The London Marathon - 2019
Completing The London Marathon - 2019
 
Geoff Hichens Shoots The Photos - 2018
Geoff Hichens Shoots The Photos - 2018
 
Rob Donovan - Oxford - 2017
Rob Donovan - Oxford - 2017
 
Louise Donovan - Patmos - 2016
Louise Donovan - Patmos - 2016
 
Singing A Song To Ella - 2016
Singing A Song To Ella - 2016
 
Running To Find The Zone - 2012
Running To Find The Zone - 2012