Q marks the spot – Treasure Map 61 (October 2013)

by quaesitor

Sacred Treasure

Striking infographic on American Megachurches and their relative generosity
List of Bible infographics on the Guardian Online pages, of all places (the comments are pretty much what one might expect!)

Chris Green had a very interesting chat with a friend recently about attitudes to control in ministry
Refreshingly honest and helpful testimony of ‘the wife of a queer man’ c/o Rachel Held Evans
The reality of depression captured in a series of very powerful cartoons.
VERY sobering article by former lads-mag editor on the pernicious effect of porn on kids (interesting to see lots prefacing their sharing of this with ‘I don’t normally share from the Daily Mail, but…”!)

Vietnam photos that made a difference – couldn’t help but be amused by the fact that the article’s author is called Pyle (which will resonate with anyone who’s read Greene’s The Quiet American)
The Sudanese cartoonist who’s taking the geopolitical world by storm: Khalid Albaih’s Khartoon
Elmore Leonard was a brilliant writer – and his rules for writers have been influential. Allan Massie applies some of his characteristic wisdom and perspective to them.

4 Dimensional Photography (see right). These are simply beautiful. There are a few more here on Fong Qi Wei’s website.
When a council paints over some multi-coloured steps, ordinary Turks wreaked their revenge – wonderful.
An extraordinary digital animation of the Vesuvius eruption that destroyed Pompeii – manages in just a few minutes to convey the terrible might of the earth
Superb London nostalgia in these old London Underground posters
I just love this circular rainbow tunnel in Denmark

Fascinating: how Shakespeare’s puns make more sense in original pronunciation (HT 22 Words)