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“Let us disarm words and we will help to disarm the world”: Pope Leo XIV’s programme for a new media
(6 minutes) Joseph Evans is dazzled by an outstanding call by the new pontiff for a revolution in journalism and social communication.
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On shame, vulnerability and marble jars
(12 minutes) Isaac Withers explains how reading Brené Brown, the story of the garden of Eden, and some ground rules for vulnerability helped him learn that guilt helps but shame doesn’t.
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The Existential Bob Dylan
(10 minutes) Michael Kirke celebrates a modern-day Homer who, guitar in hand, has sung his epic as the great Greek bard did centuries ago with his lyre.
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Painting eternity: what can art tell us about the afterlife?
(5 minutes) Joseph Evans listened in to a discussion about art, death and what might follow it between people of widely different backgrounds and beliefs.
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Why study the humanities?
(3 minutes) Teaching inner-city kids in London has helped Alex Norris see that the humanities are as relevant as ever and should be a key part of any school curriculum.
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Reading a good book helps us read ourselves
(4 minutes) Ryan Service helps us unpack a new document, surprisingly by a pope, which encourages reading not just the Word of God but also the profane word of secular literature.
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“My poetry is an attempt to put a vertical beam in the horizontality of modern culture.”
(10 minutes) Edward Clarke is a poet who thinks he can add to the psalms and connect with the cherubim. And he’s delightfully sane! Adamah’s Editorial Director Joseph Evans interviewed him.
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“The human person is naturally sacred”
Adamah Media Editorial Director Fr Joseph Evans discusses faith and culture in this interview between him and Fr Toby Lees on Radio Maria.
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Carnage at Christmas
(5 minute read) On the seventh day of Christmas my true love gave to me six poems by Richard Bauckham, Monica Sharp, Desmond FX Kon and Joseph Evans.
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Why know when you can wonder? The enduring joy of reading Shakespeare
(4 minute read) On the 400th anniversary of the publication of the First Folio of Shakespeare’s works, Monica Sharp explains why she decided to dive into the great Bard’s plays and the ocean she discovered.
