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InterCities is a brand new podcast from the team at Open City. In this six-part series, we travel to a number of cities and boroughs around the world that have transformed over time to discover what we can learn from these places' achievements, struggles, successes and mistakes.In this episode, our host Owen Hatherley is joined by the author and academic Dubravka Sekulić. Sekulić was born in one of Serbia's lesser-known cities Niš but today, she's walking us through the capital of the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and current capital of Serbia, Belgrade. As we find out, the history of Belgrade's built-environment is influenced not only by attempts at constructing a socialist state, but also by its notable role in the Non-Aligned Movement, a forum of 120 countries not formally aligned with or against any major power bloc that sprung up after the Second World War. It's also been shaped by Energoprojekt, an engineering firm which built an enormous number of projects across Serbia and other non-aligned countries in Africa and Asia in the latter half of the 20th century. Ultimately, we learn it's the city's historical and political status as a regional outlier that makes it the complex, yet often overlooked, place it is today. Subscribe to the Open City Podcast on Spotify, Soundcloud or iTunesThe Open City Podcast is supported by Bloomberg Connects, the free arts and culture app and produced in association with the Architects' Journal, London Society, C20 Society and Save Britain's Heritage.The Open City Podcast is recorded and produced at the Open City offices located in Bureau. Bureau is a co-working space for creatives offering a new approach to membership workspace. Bureau prioritises not just room to think and do, but also shared resources and space to collaborate.To help support excellent and accessible, independent journalism about the buildings and the urban environment, please become an Open City Friend.Photo credit: Owen Hatherley portrait © Antonio Olmos Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

InterCities is a brand new podcast from the team at Open City. In this six-part series, we travel to a number of cities and boroughs around the world that have transformed over time to discover what we can learn from these places' achievements, struggles, successes and mistakes.In our second episode, our host Owen Hatherley is joined by the broadcaster, writer and photographer Johny Pitts. Johny is a Sheffield-native and has witnessed first-hand the huge social and architectural change the city has undergone since the early 1990s. Today, we use photographs from "After the End of History: British Working Class Photography 1989 – 2024" a roving exhibition Johny has curated, to track the cities shifting identity from the so-called Socialist Republic of South Yorkshire to a city where leisure and comfort are the new guiding principles. Subscribe to the Open City Podcast on Spotify, Soundcloud or iTunesThe Open City Podcast is supported by Bloomberg Connects, the free arts and culture app and produced in association with the Architects' Journal, London Society, C20 Society and Save Britain's Heritage.The Open City Podcast is recorded and produced at the Open City offices located in Bureau. Bureau is a co-working space for creatives offering a new approach to membership workspace. Bureau prioritises not just room to think and do, but also shared resources and space to collaborate.To help support excellent and accessible, independent journalism about the buildings and the urban environment, please become an Open City Friend.Photo credit: Owen Hatherley portrait © Antonio Olmos Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode of Deconstructed, Matthew Lloyd Roberts is joined by Petra Cox – heritage educator, Open City tour guide and Golden Key Academy graduate. They discuss Crossness Pumping Station, constructed from 1859–65 by William Webster to designs by Charles Henry Driver to serve the entire southern half of Joseph Bazalgette's London sewer system. Commissioned by the Metropolitan Board of Works, it transformed London's public health and sanitation, and large parts of the sewer system are still in use today.Petra Cox will lead a new Open City tour of Crossness and its sewage system on 4 May and 31 May. Tickets via our website https://open-city.org.uk/eventsThe Crossness Pumping Station will be celebrating its 160th Anniversary by running its steam engines on the 5th and 6th April, for more information visit: https://crossness.org.uk/visit/=-=The Open City Podcast is supported by Bloomberg Connects, the free arts and culture app and is produced in association with the Architects' Journal, London Society, C20 Society and Save Britain's Heritage. The Open City Podcast is recorded and produced at the Open City offices located in Bureau. Bureau is a co-working space for creatives offering a new approach to membership workspace. To help support excellent and accessible, independent journalism about the buildings and the urban environment, please become an Open City Friend. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

InterCities is a brand new podcast from the team at Open City. In this six-part series, we travel to a number of cities and boroughs around the world that have transformed over time to discover what we can learn from these places' achievements, struggles, successes and mistakes.In our first episode, our host Owen Hatherly is joined by the architect Ana Francisco Sutherland, the director of Francisco Sutherland Architects. Through the lens of Ana's latest book Modern Buildings in Blackheath and Greenwich, the pair discuss the changing face of the London borough of Greenwich. In a place where architects often designed for themselves they analyse different models of public space, the Blackheath style wars of the 1950s and 1960s and the vision of modernist property development company Span.Subscribe to the Open City Podcast on Spotify, Soundcloud or iTunesThe Open City Podcast is supported by Bloomberg Connects, the free arts and culture app and produced in association with the Architects' Journal, London Society, C20 Society and Save Britain's Heritage.The Open City Podcast is recorded and produced at the Open City offices located in Bureau. Bureau is a co-working space for creatives offering a new approach to membership workspace. Bureau prioritises not just room to think and do, but also shared resources and space to collaborate.To help support excellent and accessible, independent journalism about the buildings and the urban environment, please become an Open City Friend.Photo credit: Owen Hatherley portrait © Antonio Olmos Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"For many cultures ancient and modern, and certainly in the Jewish world of Matthew’s day, this genealogy was the equivalent of a roll of drums, a fanfare of trumpets, and a town crier calling for attention. Any first-century Jew would find this family tree both impressive and compelling. Like a great procession coming down a city street, we watch the figures at the front, and the ones in the middle, but all eyes are waiting for the one who comes in the position of greatest honour, right at the end." Tom Wright, Matthew for Everyone, Part 1: Chapters 1-15 (London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 2004), 2.

This week Merlin Fulcher is joined by Tamsie Thomson, the chief executive of the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland. Far-right rioting leaves struggling high streets and communities further scarred // Angela Rayner announces ambitious planning reforms and a New Towns taskforce // A fire breaks out at Glasgow's beloved Carlton Place // And the London Festival of Architecture announces a new competition to give a much-needed glow up to a gloomy Battersea underpassThe Brief is supported by Bloomberg Connects, the free arts and culture app.Click here to get early, ad-free access to The Brief, and support accessible independent journalism from Open City.The Brief is recorded and produced at the Open City offices located in Bureau. Bureau is a co-working space for creatives offering a new approach to membership workspace. Bureau prioritises not just room to think and do, but also shared resources and space to collaborate. To book a free day pass follow this link.The Brief is produced in association with the London Society, Twentieth Century Society and SAVE Britain's Heritage, and in partnership with the Architects' Journal. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Determine come Mid Nineteenth Century if exported American Ice inherited a national brand name. Discover what year England officially received its first ice cargo from a certain Massachusetts Lake. Go behind the scenes and determine if Englanders in general had significant means behind preserving foods involving ice. Get introduced to Jacob Hittinger & Charles Lander including their missions to make ice more accessible domestically including internationally. Learn what the town of Wenham allowed Charles Lander to pursue business venture wise come November 1843. Determine which of the two men had better overall success in England behind selling ice to greater public. Find out whom were the biggest British Supporters behind having special ice brand shipped to their estate. Discover which classes of London Society truly benefited the most from having access to ice including when greater business operations started coming to an end. Learn if there was a strong market for ice commercially in Greater London including what happens around 1850 from a nation business perspective. Get to know what Frederic Tudor's view behind where ice industry stood come early 1850's. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kirk-monroe/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kirk-monroe/support

Francesca Zambello is an internationally recognised director of opera and theatre. She is the Artistic Director of The Washington National Opera at the Kennedy Center; a role she has occupied since 2012.  In 2022 she retired from a celebrated role as the General Director of The Glimmerglass Festival in Cooperstown, N.Y., having been appointed in 2010. Francesca has also served as the Artistic Advisor to the San Francisco Opera from 2005–2011 and as the Artistic Director of the Skylight Theatre from 1987–1992. She has since staged new productions at major theatres, festivals and opera houses in Asia, Australia, South America, Europe and the USA. Collaborating with outstanding artists and designers and promoting emerging talent, she takes a special interest in new music theatre works, innovative productions, and in producing theatre and opera for wider audiences. Francesca Zambello has been awarded the Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres by the French government for her contribution to French culture and the Russian Federation's medal for Service to Culture. Other honours for her work include three Olivier Awards from the London Society of Theatres and two Evening Standard Awards. The French Grand Prix des Critiques was awarded to her twice for her work at the Paris Opera. She has received the Medallion Society Award from the San Francisco Opera recognizing 30 years of work for the company. For Opera Australia, Francesca Zambello directed the 2012 Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour production of La Traviata, as well as The Love for Three Oranges in 2016, and West Side Story on Sydney Harbour in 2019, for which she received the Helpmann Award for best direction of a musical. Ms. Zambello has also served as an adjunct professor at Yale University. An American who grew up in Europe, she speaks French, Italian, German, and Russian. She began her career as an Assistant Director to the late Jean-Pierre Ponnelle. Francesca Zambello lives in New York with her wife, Faith Gay, a founding partner of Selendy & Gay and son, Jackson. www.francescazambello.com The STAGES podcast is available to access and subscribe from Spotify and Apple podcasts. Or from wherever you access your favourite podcasts. A conversation with creatives about craft and career. Follow socials on instagram (stagespodcast) and facebook (Stages).www.stagespodcast.com.au

Episode 17/3 of ⁠A is for Architecture⁠, is a conversation with ⁠Rob Fiehn⁠, writer, communications consultant, Director of the ⁠London Society⁠ and Chair of the ⁠Museum of Architecture⁠, about the London Society's 2023 London of the Future book, a collection of essays by experts from various disciplines – ‘engineering, urbanism, architecture, manufacturing, futurology, journalism and more' – speculating on ‘how the metropolis might be governed, organized and designed in the years to come.'  London of the Future is a plush publication, as you would expect, full of smart ideas and lovely images. It follows 102 years on from the London Society's original publication of the same name when, ‘under the editorship of the architect Sir Aston Webb [it] published a collection of essays […] some rather more futuristic than others.' (Gilbert, D. (2004). London of the Future: The Metropolis Reimagined after the Great War. ⁠Journal of British Studies⁠). 2023's edition is futuristic indeed, but not sci-fi. There are ideas that, without too much effort - or perhaps not any effort at all - may well come to pass. You can find the book on Merrell's website here, and on the London Society website here. Rob professional alter ego is here, and he is on X here, LinkedIn here and Instagram too. Available on Spotify, iTunes, Google Podcasts and Amazon Music.   Thanks for listening. + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + Music credits: Bruno Gillick + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + aisforarchitecture.org Apple: podcasts.apple.com Spotify: open.spotify.com Google: podcasts.google.com Amazon: music.amazon.co.uk YouTube: youtube/channel

Buckminster Fuller and Cedric Price were mentors when Peter Murray OBE was studying architecture in the 1960s. Peter Cook and the Archigram Group were idols, “they were the Beatles of architecture at the time”. Not a bad selection of teachers for someone interested in the craft from the age of ten.  Since then, Murray has had a huge impact on shaping the city of London. Although he qualified as an architect, he didn't become one. His calling was to carve out a huge career writing about and promoting it. He founded the design and architecture magazine Blueprint and the global communications company Wordsearch. And curated major exhibitions at the Royal Academy in London. He also started the London Festival of Architecture - now a significant annual event in the cultural life of the capital.  Murray has written and published books about architecture, been a Mayor's Design Advocate, Chairman of the London Society and a Visiting Professor at the IE Business School in Madrid. He is Chairman of the Temple Bar Trust and has gathered a huge list of accolades through his career. Including the OBE he received for leadership in the arts, architecture, city planning, design, publication and charity in 2021. He's also a keen cyclist, raising money for charity each year through cycling, and advocate for active cities.   Today, his time is focused on the New London Architecture centre, which he founded in 2005 as a centre for debate and discussion about the changing face of the capital. Some might say London is a better place to live thanks to him.  Listen in as Vince and Peter discuss working in design media in swinging 60s London, how his wildly successful studio Wordsearch came to be, and why, when you see an opportunity, you have to take it.  https://nla.london/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Why does life in the big sister city across the pond seem kinder and gentler? Leanne Tritton and Rob Fiehn from the London Society join special guest host Hugo to discuss the society's new book 'London of the Future' and compare New York's various predicaments to their own.This episode was taped at P&T Knitwear at 180 Orchard Street — New York City's only free podcast recording studio.Send us an email with your thoughts on today's episode: info@firewall.mediaSubscribe to Bradley's weekly newsletter, follow Bradley on Twitter + Linkedin, and be sure to order his debut novel, OBVIOUS IN HINDSIGHT.

This week Merlin spoke to the new director of The London Society, Rob Fiehn.//156 schools to close over concrete safety concerns, sparking a crisis in government // Acclaimed social housing architect Peter Barber calls for a mass homes building program // The rising support among Londoners for the Ultra-Low Emission Zone // And Marks & Spencer launches an appeal to resurrect its Oxford Street redevelopment //The Brief is supported by Bloomberg Connects, the free arts and culture app.Click here to get early, ad-free access to The Brief, and support accessible independent journalism from Open City.The Brief is recorded and produced at the Open City offices located in Bureau. Bureau is a co-working space for creatives offering a new approach to membership workspace. Bureau prioritises not just room to think and do, but also shared resources and space to collaborate. To book a free day pass follow this link.The Brief is produced in association with the Architects' Journal, and the C20 Society.The C20 Society are offering The Brief supporters 20% off membership, just follow this link and use the code C20LONDOWN at the checkout.If you enjoyed the show, we recommend you subscribe to the AJ for all the latest news, building studies, expert opinion, cultural analysis, and business intelligence from the UK architecture industry. Listeners can save 15% on a subscription using this link. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As part of Siddhartha's awakening, he became aware of a spiritual energy in nature where trees had souls, birds had wisdom, and flowers bloomed no matter what the season. And snakes had the power of protection. And then there was all manner of mythical and hybrid creature contributing to the magical art and literature of Buddhism.Of the many symbols and icons of Buddhism, there are two that are easily identifiable—the tree, everyone knows the most remembered thing is that the Buddha came to his enlightenment under one—the Bodhi tree—and another is the snake.Snake cults have always been known to India as I guess there was always the danger of snakebites—still an issue today in most parts of India. But the snake features in the narrative of the Buddha's life. In one famous story, a cobra coiled itself around the base of Buddha's platform of the tree and then spread its hood over his head, to protect him from the elements as he reached his enlightenment. And even since, understandably, the snake has been used as the principal symbol of protection.Happening right now, in New York City, as we speak is an exhibition called “Tree And Serpent” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. It explores the origins of Buddhist art in India. The exhibition features more than 140 objects dating from 200 BC to 400 AD including sculptures, paintings, jewellery, and metalwork. It also explores the influences on early Buddhist art by other cultures, such as the Hellenistic world and the Roman Empire. The most significant slice of it is that this exhibition focuses on the contribution of South India to the Buddhist canon. Historically, the contribution of south India was often overlooked or downplayed and Tree And Serpent seeks to correct this gap in the narrative.Tree And Serpent—not sure if I should call it a companion book—is the first book to focus on Buddhist art produced in South India from 200 BCE to 400 CE. While traditional narratives tend to focus on north India, this book presents Buddhist art from monastic sites in the south.My guest today is John Guy. He is the author of Tree And Serpent and he is Florence and Herbert Irving curator of South and South Asian Art at the Met in New York. His scholarly association with Indian art spans a lifetime of work and I am deeply honoured to be able to speak with him today.What I find amazing is what he had to go through to put this exhibition together. From ferreting out these Buddhist relics in remote parts of Andhra and other locations to shipping them to New York, the process would have been consuming. Amplify that when you consider that some of the heaviest pieces had to be transported, before the monsoons set in, by a boat, a ferry across the Krishna river and then on land to be loaded onto planes at Hyderabad.ABOUT JOHN GUYJohn Guy's research interests focus on the early Buddhist art of India and the temple arts of the Hindu-Buddhist-Jain traditions. He is an elected Fellow of the London Society of Antiquaries and of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.Buy Tree & Serpent: Early Buddhist Art in India: https://amzn.to/3PbDzaS. Head to your favourite bookstore for a deal.The Exhibition: https://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/tree-and-serpentWHAT'S THAT WORD?!Co-host Pranati "Pea" Madhav joins Ramjee Chandran in "WHAT'S THAT WORD?!",  where they discuss the word  "MONIKER".CONTACT USReach us by mail: theliterarycity@explocity.com or simply, tlc@explocity.comOr here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/theliterarycityOr here:  https://www.instagram.com/explocityblr/

Today I have the pleasure of speaking with Rob Fiehn, a London-based communications consultant specializing in architecture & design. Rob has over 15 years of experience working with the press, including print, online, and broadcast media across local, national, international, trade, and consumer titles. He is passionate about our built environment and has developed firm roots within the architectural community, including strong relationships with key journalists, institutions, and clients. These relationships have earned him advisory roles for the Museum of Architecture, The London Society, and the Blackhorse Workshop.  In this episode, we will be discussing:  -An empowering showcase of collaborative architecture that shows how good design processes can lay the foundation for a better form of architecture.   To learn more about Robert visit his:  Website: https://www.robertfiehn.com/   ► Feedback? Email us at podcast@businessofarchitecture.com ► Access your free training at http://SmartPracticeMethod.com/ ► If you want to speak directly to our advisors, book a call at https://www.businessofarchitecture.com/call ► Subscribe to my YouTube Channel for updates: https://www.youtube.com/c/BusinessofArchitecture ******* For more free tools and resources for running a profitable, impactful, and fulfilling practice, connect with me on: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/businessofarchitecture Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/enoch.sears/ Website: https://www.businessofarchitecture.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BusinessofArch Podcast: http://www.businessofarchitecture.com/podcast iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/business-architecture-podcast/id588987926 Android Podcast Feed: http://feeds.feedburner.com/BusinessofArchitecture-podcast Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9idXNpbmVzc29mYXJjaGl0ZWN0dXJlLmxpYnN5bi5jb20vcnNz ******* Access the FREE Architecture Firm Profit Map video here: http://freearchitectgift.com Download the FREE Architecture Firm Marketing Process Flowchart video here: http://freearchitectgift.com Carpe Diem!

In this episode, we discuss the readings for the third Sunday after the Epiphany, Year A in the Lectionary cycle: Matthew 4:12-23; 1 Corinthians 1:10-18; Psalm 27:1, 5-13; Isaiah 9:1-4.We consider Jesus' ministry of teaching, preaching & healing the suffering, particularly in light of conversation within the disability community. We look at Paul's correction of schism and what it means for the Body of Christ throughout the ages. We discuss David's emotional plea in the midst of fear for nearness and intimacy with the Lord. We wonder at Isaiah's gorgeous imagery of the promised light of God's salvation dawning on the darkness and gloom of the individual and collective human condition.Notes:The Bible Project--Bible Project's overview of Matthew--Bible Project's overview of 1 Corinthians--Bible Project's overview of Isaiah 1-39--To Be a Christian: The Anglican Catechism in a Year podcast--The Bible and Disability: A CommentaryQUOTE FROM N.T. WRIGHTI was convinced it was a helicopter. It was a dark night, and a bright light was shining just above the nearby town. Surely, I thought, the police must be out looking for a criminal; or perhaps there had been an accident. We had just come from the city, and our eyes weren't yet adjusted for the dark night-time out in the country. But there, plain for all to see, was a light in the sky: a bright, almost dazzling light that could only have come, I was convinced, from a man-made searchlight attached to an aeroplane or helicopter.But I was wrong, as our taxi-driver took delight in pointing out to me. It was the planet Venus. It was at one of its closest points to our planet, Earth; it was hanging in the evening sky, brighter than I would ever have imagined. My eyes were too used to the city streetlights. I had forgotten just how bright, and how beautiful and evocative, the night sky can be.The ancient world, innocent of streetlights, never forgot the night sky. Many people, particularly in the countries to the east of Palestine, had developed the study of the stars and the planets to a fine art, giving each one very particular meanings. They believed, after all, that the whole world was of a piece; everything was interconnected, and when something important was happening on earth you could expect to see it reflected in the heavens. Alternatively, a remarkable event among the stars and planets must mean, they thought, a remarkable event on earth. Wright, T. (2004). Matthew for Everyone, Part 1: Chapters 1-15 (p. 10). London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge.Commentaries on 1 Corinthians:--NT Wright's For Everyone Study Guide on 1 Corinthians-- Our outro music is an original song by our friend Dcn. Jeremiah Webster, a poet and professor whose giftedness is rivaled by his humbleness. You can find his published works, including After So Many Fires, with a quick Google.

Karl began his refereeing qualifications in January 2014 and continued to play for Harlequins while gaining experience officiating. This was made possible by the fact he never made the starting XV. Through the London Society of Referees he made his refereeing debut at the Reigate School 7s in March 2014 and since then has taken charge of a range of matches including schools, club juniors, sevens as well as local and national league clubs. Karl has refereed two A League semi-finals, Exeter v Newcastle in 2016 and Gloucester v Wasps in 2017 and made his debut in the Greene King IPA Championship in the Christmas Eve match between London Irish and Richmond. Three days later he was involved in Big Game 9 where Harlequins played Gloucester in the Aviva Premiership at Twickenham. After 169 appearances for Harlequins scrum-half Dickson announced his retirement in April and joins the Rugby Football Union's Professional Game Match Officials Team (PGMOT). Dickson said: "Over the last two years any time that I have had - a free Saturday or Sunday or even during the week - I would referee as many games as possible to get as much practice as I could. Every game you learn something new and gain increasing match sharpness. "I would always encourage players to plan for when they retire and the fact that I've been refereeing for three years already puts me in a position where I can look forward to starting with the team next season and, having refereed in a Championship game this year, hopefully officiate more at that level. I wouldn't have this opportunity unless I started when I did." In an interview to Rugby Players Association, he said refereeing at international level was his "main goal". A goal reached when in October 2020, Karl was appointed as the main referee in a friendly game between France and Wales, in the Stade de France. You can learn more about Karl by connecting with him on Instagram and Facebook For more information about James Roberts (the host of the podcast), visit jamesowenroberts.com and connect with him on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Youtube and Instagram

I just had to walk in. Who puts a jet in the front window of an office building in London's financial district? Dave Young: Welcome to the Empire Builders podcast, teaching business owners, the not so secret techniques that took famous businesses from mom and pop to major brands. Stephen Semple is a marketing consultant, story collector and storyteller. I'm Stephen's sidekick and business partner, Dave Young. Before we get into today's episode word from our sponsor, which is well it's us, but we're highlighting ads we've written and produced for our clients. So here's one of those. [BWS Heating & Plumbing Ad] Dave Young: Welcome back to the Empire Builders Podcast. Dave Young here with you alongside Stephen Semple, who shares amazing stories about businesses that start really small and do something just crazy, innovative to spark growth and then they become empires. And today you're going to share, are we... It seems like we're jumping the... Are we going straight into like private jets? Because that's not usually where we start with a business, right? It's usually mom and pop and you get some of the kids to work and the jets don't come along till a little later in the story. Stephen Semple: Yeah. We're going to be talking about a company called The Jet Business. Dave Young: The Jet Business. Stephen Semple: The Jet Business and they sell private jets. That's their business. Dave Young: Well, this is what we call a descriptive business title. Stephen Semple: That is a descriptive business title. It is. Dave Young: Yeah. Stephen Semple: So where I came across this, I was in London, England in the fall of 2021 and I was there speaking at a number of events. I was speaking at Oxford University, Cambridge University, the London Society of Medicine and the London Stock Exchange and I was staying near Hyde Park and the day I was speaking at the London Stock Exchange, I decided to get up early and walk to the exchange. It was about an hour's walk from where I was staying near Buckingham Palace over to the exchange and I'm walking along Park Lane, just beside Hyde Park and right at street level, I see this fuselage of a jet, you know, there's office buildings and there's kind of a retail level on the ground floor and there's this, what looks like a jet fuselage on the ground floor of this office building for this company called The Jet Business. Dave Young: Nowhere near an airport? Stephen Semple: This is blocks from Buckingham Palace in downtown London, right across the street from Hyde Park. Dave Young: Usually I expect people that sell jets to be, you know, located at an airport somewhere. Stephen Semple: Google it and look at the pictures. I'm going to also post some pictures on the website along with the notes on this so on the Empire Builders Podcast website so you can see some pictures. And since I do work with a private jet business here in Canada called Kreos Aviation, K-R-E-O-S Aviation so if you are in the market for a private jet, check them out, they're awesome. I decided that I would come back later in the week and drop in. I was like, what the heck is this? I couldn't at that point because I had my engagement so I was curious. Stephen Semple: So later in the week I walk into the lobby and I asked to be shown around and they were really awesome. I told them I work with a competitor in Canada, I'm in marketing. They were awesome. They were cool. They spent a whole bunch of time with me. So in the front of the office, right in ground floor, looking out at Park Lane, they recreated the fuselage of one of their jets and they set it up in a popular configuration so you can walk right into this fuselage, stand up in it, sit down, walk around, see what it's like and you can see this from the street. Stephen Semple: And here's what I found fascinating. If you think about it, their clients are really select, rich folks.

Peter Murray is Curator of New London Architecture and founder of the London Festival of Architecture. He is an architect graduate of the Architectural Assocation, journalist and designer and also Chairman of The London Society and Past Master of the Chartered Architects. He is a regular commentator and broadcaster on London issues, and a Mayor's Design Advocate. Peter is also a keen cyclist who campaigns for safer cycling and healthier cities. In 2021 Peter was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to leadership in the arts, architecture, city planning, design and publication and to charity. Peter joined us as a speaker at the Architects Show in December and ESO Conference in June both in Athens, Greece organized by Vasilis. I had the pleasure to moderate a panel with Peter as one of the distinguished speakers

London Society for Psychical Research, November 4, 2017Many animals make remarkable migrations across vast distances, often without ever personally making the trip or having any obvious method of navigating. Recorded on November 4, 2017 at the Society for Psychical Research in London.

Controversial plans to replace ITV's Southbank studios with new skyscrapers approved. MIPIM: the global property fair where London's public housing is bought and sold. A conservation row erupts over plans to demolish the 1980s Angel Square in Islington. And the Royal Institute of British Architects seeks a new head of culture just as its diversity chief resigns only one year into the role. Hattie Hartman joins Merlin Fulcher to discuss the big stories in London's architecture, planning and development scene.The Londown is produced by Open City and the London Society in association with with the Architects' Journal. If you enjoyed the show, we recommend you subscribe to the AJ for all the latest news, building studies, expert opinion, cultural analysis, and business intelligence from the UK architecture industry. Listeners can save 15% on a subscription using this link. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Vamos analisar o conetxto intelectual do surgimento do cristianismo a partir dos textos filosóficos e religiosos de autores judeus. O objetivo é entender de que forma a filosofia grega, expandindo sua influência com a consolidação do helenismo, exerceu forte pressão sobre o vocabulário judaico, sobretudo nas reflexões sobre a vida após a morte. Vamos compreender como a ideia de reencarnação foi interpretada e reconstruída por autores como Flávio Josefo e Filo de Alexandria, definindo as bases conceituais para os pensadores cristãos dos primeiros séculos da nossa era.  __ Site: https://ocastdosespiritos.libsyn.com Instagram: @ocastdosespiritos   Youtube: https://bit.ly/ocastdosespiritos __ Referências AVERY-PECK, A. J.; NEUSNER, J. Judaism in Late Antiquity IV - Death, Life-After-Death, Resurrection, and the World-To-Come in the Judaisms of Antiquity. Leiden - Boston - Köln: Brill, 2000.   BOCK, D. L.; KOMOSZEWSKI, J. E. O Jesus histórico - Critérios e contextos no estudo das origens cristãs. Rio de Janeiro: Thomas Nelson Brasil, 2020.   COLLINS, J. J. The Afterlife in Apocalyptic Literature. Judaism in Late Antiquity 4 - Death, life after death, resurrection and the world-to-come in the Judaisms of antiquity. Leiden - Boston - Köln: Brill, 1999.   COLLINS, J. J. The Apocalyptic Imagination - An Introduction to Jewish Apocalyptic Literature. Livonia, Michigan: WILLIAM B . EERDMANS PUBLISHING COMPANY, 1998.   COLLINS, J. J.; HARLOW, D. C. Early Judaism - A Comprehensive Overview. Grand Rapids, Michigan: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2012.   DI MUZIO, G. Reincarnation, and infinite punishment in Hell. International Journal for Philosophy of Religion, v. 74, n. 2, p. 167–180, 2013. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11153-013-9408-3.   EHRMANN, B. Heaven and Hell - A History of the Afterlife. New York: Simon and Schuster, 2020.   ELLEDGE, C. D. Future Resurrection of the Dead in Early Judaism: Social Dynamics, Contested Evidence. Currents in Biblical Research, v. 9, n. 3, p. 394–421, 2011. https://doi.org/10.1177/1476993x11400180.   ELLENS, J. H. (editor). Heaven, Hell, and the Afterlife - Eternity in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Santa Barbara: Praeger, 2013.   FLAVIUS JOSEPHUS. Life of Josephus, translation, and commentary by Steve Mason. Leiden - Boston - Köln: Brill, 2001. Available at: file:///C:/Users/User/Downloads/fvm939e.pdf.   FLAVIUS JOSEPHUS. Life of Josephus, translation, and commentary by Steve Mason. Leiden - Boston - Köln: Brill, 2001. Available at: file:///C:/Users/User/Downloads/fvm939e.pdf.YLI-KARJANMAA, S. Clement of Alexandria ' s Position on the Doctrine of Reincarnation and Some Comparisons with Philo. n. 294528, p. 1–24, [s. d.].   GLASSON, Francis T. Greek Influence in Jewish Eschatology. London: SPCK, 1961.   GRABBE, L. Eschatology in Philo and Josephus. In: AVERY-PECK, A. J.; NEUSNER, J. (orgs.). Judaism in Late Antiquity 4 - Death, life after death, resurrection and the world-to-come in the Judaisms of antiquity. Leiden - Boston - Köln: Brill, 1999.   GRUDEM, W.; COLLINS, C. J.; SCHREINER, T. R. Understanding Scripture - An Overview of the Bible's Origin, Reliability, and Meaning. Wheaton, Illinois: Crossway, 2012.   HORSLEY, R.; HANSON, J. S. Movimentos populares no tempo de Jesus. São Paulo: Editora Paulus, 2020.   JOSEPHUS, F.; MASON, S. Flavius Josephus - Judean War 2 (Volume 1B). Leiden - Boston: Brill, 2008.   LÉVY, Carlos, "Philo of Alexandria", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Spring 2018 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.), URL = .   PORTER, S. E.; PORTER, W. J. Christian Origins and Hellenistic Judaism: Social and Literary Contexts for the New Testament. Leiden - Boston: Brill, 2013. v. 2. https://doi.org/10.1177/0091829613518718b.   REALE, G.; ANTISERI, D. Filosofia - Antiguidade e Idade Média. São Paulo: Editora Paulus, 2017.   RUNIA, D. T. Philo of Alexandria and The Timaeus of Plato. Leiden: Brill, 1986.   SANDERS, E. P. Judaism: Practice and Belief 63 BCE-66 CE. London: SCM Press, 1994.   SEGAL, A. F. Life After Death - A History of the Afterlife in the Religions of the West. New York: Doubleday, 2004.   VERMES, G. Jesus e o mundo do judaísmo. São Paulo: Edições Loyola, 2015.   WINSTON, D. Logos and Mystical Theology in Philo of Alexandria. Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College Press, 1985.   REALE, G. Estoicismo, ceticismo e ecletismo. São Paulo: Edições Loyola, 2015. WRIGHT, N. T. The resurrection of the Son of God. London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 2003. https://doi.org/10.5149/northcarolina/9781469628394.003.0011.   YLI-KARJANMAA, S. Reincarnation in Philo of Alexandria. London: SBL Press, 2015.   YLI-KARJANMAA, S. Clement of Alexandria's Position on the Doctrine of Reincarnation and Some Comparisons with Philo. n. 294528, p. 1–24, [s. d.].   YLI-KARJANMAA, S. The New Life of the Good Souls in Josephus: Resurrection or Reincarnation? Journal for the Study of Judaism, v. 48, n. 4–5, p. 506–530, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1163/15700631-12340154.   Para acesso às fontes primárias dos textos antigos e tradução para o francês: http://remacle.org/

12 degrees of humility + Saint Bernard the Wonderworker Book 1: Excerpts of: Mills, Barton Reginald Vaughan. Saint Bernard the twelve degrees of humility and pride. London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge ; 1929. and is in the Public Domain. Book 2: Saint Bernard the wonder worker, excerpts from the Life and Times of Saint Bernard by Abbot Theodore Ratisbonne and Heroic Virtue: A Portion of the Treatise of Benedict XIV on the Beatification and Canonization of the Servants of God Volume III. source: https://www.alleluiaaudiobooks.com/

Sara Bailey speaks to Leanne Tritton, Founder and Managing Director of international PR & Communications agency, ING Media and Chair of The London Society about what motivates her to bring about positive change, and how it resonates in the real estate sector. They also discuss the moves the industry is taking to bring about greater inclusivity and the qualities and traits that are needed to have a positive influence.

We drape ourselves in an old, white sheet and consider the nature of ghosts and hauntings: how no one knows what a ghost is; crisis apparitions; poltergeists; the changing criteria for manifestations of ghosts; technological manifestations; the lack of any knowledge about ghosts; Barrie Colvin's poltergeist hypothesis; occultism and the non-existence of ghosts; paranormal investigation as a form of magical ritual rather than science; Hellier as a example; why we should care about ghosts; the persistence of ghosts; Martin Wall and a ghost of his childhood; the intrusiveness of ghosts; a semblance of being; "to haunt" as neither an action nor a way of being; the persistence of nothingness and the failure of being; the ghost as a desire in search of being; when living humans haunt; the difference between ghosts and the dead; finding our relationship to the dead inside ourselves; the ghost as coming from outside ourselves; our lack of a relationship to the ghost; ghosts in search of relationships; when a ghost joins the dead; the potential deceptiveness of ghosts; not all ghosts are the dead; why we should be wary of external manifestations of the dead; motivations for externalising the dead; a recap on the ghostly; the possibility of many different forms of haunting; hauntology and the ghosts of lost futures; the postponement of the future promised to us in the 1970s; Mark Fisher on haunting as failed mourning; the difficulty of mourning what we never had; the future imperfect tense and interruption as aspects of the ghostly; how, when haunted, we become like ghosts; the Zeigarnik effect and how it manifests in experience; haunting as the persistence of interrupted desire; some possible responses for when we find ourselves haunted; Mark Fisher on becoming outcasts from our own time. Barrie G. Colvin (2010) "The Acoustic Properties of Unexplained Rapping Sounds", Journal of the Society for Psychical Research 74: 899, pp.65-93. Mark Fisher (2014). Ghosts of My Life: Writings on Depression, Hauntology, and Lost Futures. Alresford: Zero Books. Edmund Gurney, Frederic Myers & Frank Podmore (1886). Phantasms of the Living. London: Society for Psychical Research. Martin Wall (2019). The Magical History of Britain. Stroud: Amberley.

Welcome to Campfire Classics, a Literary Comedy Podcast!! Okay, we may as well be upfront.  This one goes off the rails a bit.  But that's some of the fun!  Right? Right? This weeks author is a man with a very cool name, who was recommended to us through social media:  Sheridan Le Fanu.  His story "Dickon the Devil" (hmm...that's two in row Ken has picked with "Devil" in the title) provides the fodder for this weeks ridiculousness. Amidst the the wacky hijinks, Heather and Ken tackle some hard hitting issues like: What is your favorite verse to that classic diarrhea song? What joke made Ken fall for Heather? What do you look at like a Hand of Glory? Also, Ken reveals a secret that Heather never knew!  Stick around to the end to find out what. "Dickon the Devil" was first published in London Society, Christmas Number, 1872. Republished posthumously in the 1923 collection Madam Crowl's Ghost and Other Tales of Mystery, edited by our favorite ghost story author, M. R. James. Remember to tell five friends to check out Campfire Classics. This weeks promo is from The Path Went Chilly.  Check them out for some cold case analysis.  So sit back, light a fire (or even a candle), grab a drink, and enjoy.

I talk about the London Society for the Abolition of Compulsory Vaccination formed in 1867. I also talk about how vaccination become compulsory in England in 1853 and compulsory vaccination spreading to other countries from there. Case examples of how forced vaccinations in the Philippines and Japan proved vaccines don't work and in fact increased the case and death count of smallpox. venmo.com/AngeliaKay

I was delighted to welcome Peter Murray, Chairman of New London Architecture and the London Society on to the podcast. Peter has written several books and a renowned commentator on architecture and the built environment. We spoke about tall buildings, the legacy of the pandemic on the capital and even the Shard!You can find out more about the work of the NLA at https://nla.london/ and find out more about the work of Janette Sadik-Khan visit her website at http://www.jsadikkhan.com/

Intro: Schumann Resonance News for 1 place on Earth. A Course in Miracles Lesson 288. Sun activity, cosmic radiation news, solar wind news. NASA's all sky cameras and fireball news for the USA. Eta Aquarids meteor shower underway right now. Intro: A discussion on standing your ground and standing up for yourself. I give family pattern examples from my own life to show how deep and ingrained a thing (such as pettiness and expectations) can be and how, once you see it, you can easily forgive it, not take it personally and also let it go. Once you see that the behavior is coming from the place of a wounded child inside an adult person, then your perspective --and reaction-- can change. I give you some powerful words that James Van Praagh said in the You Can Heal Your Life Summit over the weekend. These self-defense words will help you stand up to bullies and mean people (strangers and family members alike) and help you stand your ground! YouCanHealYourLifeSummit.com is free and going on right now for the next 2 weeks! Tonight's Topic: Practical Mind Reading: Lesson 2! (William Walker Atkinson, 1907) Tonight the lesson staves off any skeptical ideas your conscious or subconscious minds might have with scientific evidence obtained via various experiments undertaken and recorded by the London Society of Psychical Research. It's pretty interesting stuff and leads the way into super fun activities you can do with family, friends and perhaps your romantic partner!

'I began to see what a sacred cow the Green Belt has become' said Minister for Housing & Local Government Richard Crossman in 1964. The Green Belt is a political behemoth that has long loomed over the planning system. In this episode Sam Stafford asks Paul Miner, Strategic Planning & Devolution at CPRE, and Kathryn Ventham, Planning Partner at Barton Willmore, whether housing need is becoming a sufficiently irresistible force to shift hitherto immovable Green Belt boundaries? Twitter handles: @samuel_stafford. @PaulMiner3 and @kateventham. Some accompanying reading and viewing: John Grindrod's ‘Outskirts' https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/jun/14/outskirts-by-john-grindrod-review Ipsos Mori polling for the CPRE on public attitudes towards the Green Belt https://www.ipsos.com/ipsos-mori/en-uk/attitudes-towards-green-belt-land Ipsos Mori polling for Housing The Powerhouse on attitudes towards housing development in Greater Manchester http://www.housingthepowerhouse.com/downloads/Housing%20the%20Powerhouse%20-%20Ipsos%20MORI%20Opinion%20Poll%20Press%20Release.pdf 'The Green Noose: An analysis of Green Belts and proposals for reform' by the Adam Smith Institute https://www.adamsmith.org/news/press-release-free-up-3-7-percent-of-londons-green-belt-to-build-one-million-new-homes-says-new-report ‘Planned up and be counted ‘ local plan making under NPPF 2012' by Lichfields https://lichfields.uk/content/insights/planned-up-and-be-counted ‘This Blessed Plot – This Other Eden' - A film for the Council for the Preservation of Rural England https://www.britishpathe.com/video/rural-england-aka-this-blessed-plot-this-other ‘The myth of the countryside idyll' by Steve Middlehurst https://stevemiddlehurstidentityandplace.wordpress.com/2016/10/10/a5-research-the-myth-of-the-countryside-idyll/ Keith Joseph's 1964 South East Study http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/march/19/newsid_2570000/2570681.stm A Policy Briefing Paper by the Landscape Institute https://www.landscapeinstitute.org/policy/green-belt-policy/ The London Society's Position Paper https://www.londonsociety.org.uk/post/londons-green-belt ‘The Proud City' – A film outlining plans for the post war reconstruction of London, featuring Patrick Abercrombie and JH Forshaw. https://archive.org/details/ProudCity

On today's episode of Rendering Unconscious Podcast I speak with Ian Parker, a practising psychoanalyst who trained with the Centre for Freudian Analysis and Research (CFAR) in London, and became an Analyst of the Centre in 2003. He is registered with the United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP). He is also a member of the London Society of the New Lacanian School and of the College of Psychoanalysts – UK. Lacanian psychoanalysis is a ‘talking cure’ that developed in the tradition of Freud’s invention of the unconscious. Lacan’s work is resistant to attempts to normalise certain kinds of experience or pathologise others. It does not aim to adapt people to society but to allow truth to be spoken. Ian works as a psychoanalyst in south Manchester. He can be contacted to discuss beginning psychoanalysis via: https://parkerian.com His most recent book is: Parker, I. (2019) Psychoanalysis, Clinic and Context: Subjectivity, History and Autobiography. London and New York: Routledge: https://www.routledge.com/Psychoanalysis-Clinic-and-Context-Subjectivity-History-and-Autobiography/Parker/p/book/9780367144333 His forthcoming book: Parker, I. (2020) Psychology through Critical Auto-Ethnography: Academic Discipline, Professional Practice and Reflexive History. London and New York: Routledge. The work of David Pavón-Cuéllar is discussed in this episode: https://www.routledge.com/products/search?author=David%20Pavón-Cuéllar Decolonial Psychoanalysis: Towards Critical Islamophobia Studies by Robert Beshara was mentioned in this episode: https://www.routledge.com/Decolonial-Psychoanalysis-Towards-Critical-Islamophobia-Studies/Beshara/p/book/9780367174132 Elizabeth Danto's book Freud's Free Clinics: https://cup.columbia.edu/book/freuds-free-clinics/9780231506564 Rendering Unconscious Podcast is hosted by psychoanalyst Dr. Vanessa Sinclair who interviews psychoanalysts, psychologists, scholars, creative arts therapists, writers, poets, philosophers, artists & other intellectuals about their process, world events, the current state of mental health care, politics, culture, the arts & more. Episodes are also created from lectures given at various international conferences. www.renderingunconscious.org/about You can support Rendering Unconscious podcast at Patreon: www.patreon.com/vanessa23carl Rendering Unconscious is also a book (and e-book)! Rendering Unconscious: Psychoanalytic Perspectives, Politics, Poetry (Trapart Books, 2019): store.trapart.net/details/00000 The song at the end of the episode is “Dislocation" by Carl Abrahamsson from "The Larval Stage of a Bookworm" available from Highbrow Lowlife: https://carlabrahamsson.bandcamp.com/album/the-larval-stage-of-a-bookworm Artwork by Vanessa Sinclair utilising a figure by Paul Watson: http://www.lazaruscorporation.co.uk

Ian Parker is one of the most important contemporary critics of the discipline of psychology. A prolific writer, with over 25 books to his name, he has a formidable reputation in the fields of critical psychology, Marxist psychology, and psychoanalytic theory. He is a fellow of the British psychological society, Emeritus Professor at the University of Leicester, and the managing editor of the Annual Review of Critical Psychology. Parker is also a practicing psychoanalyst analyst and a member of the Centre for Freudian Analysis and Research and the London Society of the New Lacanian School. His career reflects the principles he talks about – the importance of challenging powerful institutions and the need for collectively mobilizing against discrimination and exploitation. As the "Psy-disciplines" face increased scrutiny for involvement in past abuses, continued collusion with powerful and unjust institutions, and deep criticisms over current psychological research and practice, Parker's work has particular relevance. His criticisms of psychology and psychiatry started from his university days as a student. He observed that while other social sciences were critical of their received knowledge and open to contributions from the civil rights and women's movements, psychology continued to reinforce old power relations and pathologized these same social movements. Since then, Parker has become one of the most well-known critics of mainstream psychology, and his work repeatedly questions the role of ideology and power in the field. These contributions are evident throughout his writing, including his four-volume 'major work' Critical Psychology (2011) and a Handbook of Critical Psychology (2015). He is currently the editor of the 'Concepts for Critical Psychology' series for Routledge.

This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by New York Times bestselling author Erik Larson.  Larson is the author of The Devil in the White City, Dead Wake, and most recently, The Splendid and the Vile, published by our friends at Crown.  Topics discussed include September 11th, Winston Churchill's hatred of whistling, London Society during the air raids of World War 2, Barack Obama, and much more.  Signed copies of The Splendid and the Vile can be preordered in-store at Quail Ridge Books and online here (while supplies last).  

[CW: Rape, assault, gas-lighting, consent, colonialism, murder] Samantha Puc (@theverbalthing) joins host Emily Edwards (@MsEmilyEdwards) to BREAK HER BRAIN around the idea of reliable narration, colonialism as disruption, and the veil of choice in regards to Shakespeare's final play, THE TEMPEST. As it turns out? It ain't about playwriting, folks. THE TEMPEST is a blatantly anti-monarch, anti-colonialism, anti-patriarchy play that was Shakespeare's "curtain call" from London Society and playwriting. What can we glean from his text that'll tell us how he really felt about Queen Elizabeth and English society? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/fuckboisoflit/message

Arliva Ashdown is not only the most beautiful girl in London Society but the richest as she has inherited her father’s huge fortune...Uitgeven door SAGA Egmont 2019Spreker(s): Anthony Wren

A mud-spattered carriage draws up in front of Ombersley House in Berkeley Square, the home of the Rivenhall family. It is spring in the year 1815, when the battle of Waterloo has been safely won, and Sir Horace Stanton-Lacy has persuaded his sister Lady Ombersley to introduce his only child, the 19-year-old Sophy, to London Society. Sophy arrives with a monkey, a parrot, a dog, and a magnificent horse, all of which enchant her young cousins. Less enchanted is their older brother Charles, who has taken charge of the family since his father Lord Ombersley has gambled away most of his money. There's more about the Grand Sophy Podcast on Facebook and all Georgette Heyer's Regency romances are available to buy from Penguin books or The Grand Sophy website where there are lots more links

The complete audio is available for purchase at Audible.com: https://adbl.co/3132ul0 Piccadilly Jim by P. G. Wodehouse Narrated by Graham Scott James "Jimmy" Crocker - only son of a jobbing actor, former journalist, and now penitent playboy - returns to his native United States under an assumed name, after five years cutting a swathe through London Society on his rich stepmother's money. But far from picking up the threads of his peaceable pre-wealth life, instead Jimmy rapidly becomes enmeshed in plots and schemes of espionage and kidnapping. Added to which, he falls in love with a beautiful red-headed girl, whom he has mortally offended in the past - though he can't quite remember how. And all of this while impersonating...himself!

A sparkling Regency romantic comedy by Georgette Heyer, whose books have sold over 30 million copies, The Grand Sophy is a story of love, intrigue, and high spirits. Sophy is the 19-year-old daughter of Sir Horace Stanton-Lacy, a widower who numbers princes, prime ministers, and potentates among his acquaintances, and who has taught Sophy to ride, shoot, and defend herself as capably as any man. She also handles his business affairs, and at a time when women were supposed to defer to men, her spirit, determination, and beauty have made her a legend in several European capitals. But she is a stranger to London, and when her father is sent on a diplomatic mission to Brazil, he persuades his sister, Lady Ombersley, to introduce Sophy to London Society.

Questions given to us by NT Wright: Where is Jesus asking us to travel, not yesterday but tomorrow? Are we ready to follow him wherever he goes? Wright, T. (2004). Luke for Everyone (p. 119). London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. What role does sacrifice and cost play in your daily/weekly…

"No matter who or where you are, the story of Jesus, from the feeding-trough in Bethlehem to the empty tomb and beyond, can become your story. In becoming your story, it will become your vocation. Everybody has their own role in God’s plan. For some, it will be active, obvious, working in the public eye, perhaps preaching the gospel or taking the love of God to meet the practical needs of the world. For others, it will be quiet, away from public view, praying faithfully for God to act in fulfilment of his promises. For many, it will be a mixture of the two, sometimes one, sometimes the other. Mary and Joseph needed Simeon and Anna at that moment; the old man and old woman needed them, had been waiting for them, and now thanked God for them. The births of John the Baptist and Jesus are already beginning their work, of drawing people of all sorts into new worship and fellowship." Wright, T. (2004). Luke for Everyone (p. 27). London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge.

This week we are joined by Mikey Pullman and talk about Messianic Judaism, why Pride is relevant, renewed gay hate, parents claiming Christianity was on trial, Norway's new burqa ban, and more. Dustin' off the Degree - Messianic Judaism In the 19th century protestant groups in started targeting Jewish communities for evangelism. In 1821 the London Society for promoting Christianity among the Jews published the first Yiddish New Testament. These efforts spread from the UK to Ukraine, the US, and various other places. In the US they had the greatest success with converting Jewish immigrants and created communities that had their worship services on Saturday and mixed Jewish and Christian customs. As a result the gentile leaders of the groups were being accused of being Judaizers by other Christians. This movement picked up steam starting in the 1920s and by the 1940s and 50s Southern Baptist missionaries operating in Israel used the term “messianics” instead of notsrim which translates to Christians from Nazarenes. The modern movement started in the 1960s with young Jewish people converting to Christianity while still being committed to continuing to be culturally Jewish. In response to this increase in interest the Hebrew Christian Alliance of America changed its name to the Messianic Jewish Alliance of America and the group Jews of Jesus started. Like you'll find in most religious groups, it's difficult to nail down the beliefs because of congregation is a little bit different, but: * Most are trinitarian. * All believe that Jesus is the messiah and even the ones who aren't trinitarian believe that he was fathered by the Holy Spirit. * They believe that the Torah, the first five books of the Old Testament, is still in effect and not replaced by Christianity. * They believe that Israel is still God's chosen people and generally do not think that switched to gentile Christians. * They consider the Tanakh, the Jewish scripture, same as the Christian Old Testament, but in a different order, as well as the New Testament to be scripture. * Some accept Jewish oral tradition and the Talmud. * They tend to have the same eschatology as evangelical Christians. * They keep the Jewish holidays and include the celebration of Jesus's death and resurrection as part of Passover. * They follow Jewish dietary rules. Most of the groups actively work to evangelize to Jews, often through handing out leaflets and doing one on one Bible studies. In many congregations, especially outside of Israel, a majority of members are not people of Jewish descent. They are Christians that had to convert to both Judaism and Christianity at the same time to join. Messianic Judaism is generally not considered to be Judaism by anyone, unless you need a token “non-Christian” for a National Day of Prayer event or you're an Adventist middle school teacher trying to make the segment in Bible class about the Sanctuary more interesting by bringing in a “Jewish person”. Many liberal Christians actively and often officially oppose Messianic Judaism as they believe that the Jews have their own covenant with God and Christians don't need to mess with that. Evangelicals, on the other hand, love Messianic Judaism, because they're the Evangelicals that put the Judeo in Judeo-Christian Values. NEWS 'No Gays Allowed': Tennessee store owner puts sign back up after SCOTUS ruling Jeff Amyx, a Baptist pastor and owner of Amyx Hardware & Roofing Supplies from eastern Tennessee was in the news three years ago for his "No Gays Allowed" sign he put up in his store. After getting quite the backlash he replaced it with a sign that read, "We reserve the right to refuse service to anyone who would violate our rights of freedom of speech & freedom of religion". After the Masterpiece Cake ruling was announced last week, he took that sign down and put his "No Gays Allowed" sign back up. 'Christianity is not on trial': baby custody case pits B....

In this passage we see Paul and Barnabas continue to various cities and towns in the region of Lycia and Galatia, sharing the Gospel as they go. The response varies but, often, there is a polarizing effect: there are believers and there is opposition (usually instigated by the Jews).   After going as far as Derbe, they backtrack, encouraging the believers and helping develop and appoint leaders for the young churches. Thought questions for the week: Are you using God-given wisdom to navigate your way in relation to the people and situations that you encounter? When do you linger and when do you move on? When do you fight opposition and when do you spend your energy better somewhere else? Is the Gospel you live and speak polarizing in the way it was with Paul and Barnabas? Background information for the lesson is here.   Map: Wright, T. (2008). Acts for Everyone, Part 2: Chapters 13-28 (p. 25). London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge.

This week's Advantage Over podcast feature interview is with the London Society of Rugby Referee's Fitness Adviser, Ross Hanbury. We discuss pre-season training, the best sort of training to do pre-season, diet and the importance of sleep! We discuss the YoYo Test - you can download it here Who's Ross? He's worked in professional UK sport for over 10 years as a sport scientist and as strength and conditioning coach. He has a Masters degree in sport and exercise science and is an accredited strength and conditioning coach with the UKSCA. Previous clients include Harlequins RFC, England Saxons, Charlton Athletic, Crystal Palace, UEFA and the British Triathlon Association. Ross is currently working with leading sports training firm, Virgin Active, having previously been with the RFUW as strength and conditioning coach, working with the U20's, 7's and senior women squads. But he's also been supporting referees who clearly have different needs. He's been leading the way with the London Society of Rugby Referees in the UK. Connect with him at @RossHanbury or www.hanburytraining.com We also cover off the latest referee news: Joy Neville's appointment to referee the final of the Women's Rugby World Cup The news that Greg Garner is to become head of Elite Referees at the Pro14 New HIA law change and the latest TRC referee appointments for this weekend.

This week's Advantage Over podcast feature interview is with the London Society of Rugby Referee's Fitness Adviser, Ross Hanbury. We discuss pre-season training, the best sort of training to do pre-season, diet and the importance of sleep! We discuss the YoYo Test - you can download it here Who's Ross? He's worked in professional UK sport for over 10 years as a sport scientist and as strength and conditioning coach. He has a Masters degree in sport and exercise science and is an accredited strength and conditioning coach with the UKSCA. Previous clients include Harlequins RFC, England Saxons, Charlton Athletic, Crystal Palace, UEFA and the British Triathlon Association. Ross is currently working with leading sports training firm, Virgin Active, having previously been with the RFUW as strength and conditioning coach, working with the U20’s, 7’s and senior women squads. But he’s also been supporting referees who clearly have different needs. He’s been leading the way with the London Society of Rugby Referees in the UK. Connect with him at @RossHanbury or www.hanburytraining.com We also cover off the latest referee news: Joy Neville's appointment to referee the final of the Women's Rugby World Cup The news that Greg Garner is to become head of Elite Referees at the Pro14 New HIA law change and the latest TRC referee appointments for this weekend. Support this podcast

The 5th annual Michael I Rostovtzeff lecture, followed by an all-day symposium, and incorporating a visit to the new Dura Europus Galleries at the YUAG. John Matthews, John M. Schiff Professor of Classics and History, came to Yale in 1996, having spent his earlier career at the University of Oxford, where he was University Professor of Late Roman History, and Fellow and Tutor at Queen's College. He was elected a Fellow of the British Academy in 1990 and is also a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and of the London Society of Antiquaries. The main areas of his research have concerned the social and cultural roots of political life in the later Roman empire, and the making and diffusion of Roman law. His 2006 book, The Journey of Theophanes: Travel, Business and Daily Life in the Roman East, a translation and interpretation of a fourth-century papyrus archive, received the James Henry Breasted Prize of the American Historical Association, as the best book published in that year on any period of history before 1,000 CE. His most recent book is Roman Perspectives: Studies in the social, political and cultural history of the First to Fifth Centuries (2010), a collection of seventeen papers, of which six are previously published and others have been extensively revised. He is currently working on a study of the first century of the city of Constantinople, and on a general history of the Roman empire in two volumes, in which the second volume will present a complementary anthology of Greek and Latin texts in translation.

You may recall that we had  [Episode 13]when they published in 2007. The pair has returned with another publication, but this time it's one that is even more intriguing.In 1883, when he was just twenty-three, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wrote while he was living in Portsmouth and struggling to establish himself as both a doctor and a writer. He had already succeeded in having a number of short stories published in leading magazines of the day, such asBlackwood’s, All the Year Round, London Society, and the Boy’s Own Paper — but as was the accepted practice of literary journals of the time, his stories had been published anonymously. Thus, Conan Doyle knew that in order to truly establish his name as a writer, he would have to write a novel.The only wrinkle is that once Conan Doyle finished this novel, it went missing in the post, never to be seen again.Join Burt and Scott as we discover how this lost manuscript has made its way to publication, some 125 years after it was first written, and why it had never before made its way to the public eye.As to the Editor's Gas-Lamp for this episode...well, we'll make that our little surprise that you can discover within the show.