Surprisingly, that’s common.

And while the Bible might begin in a garden, it ends in Revelation with a vision of a heavenly city. So, a complex picture. 4/4

In contrast, Jerusalem is a city that becomes the home of God’s temple, and is used as a symbol for the people of God. 3/4

Monbiot references Sodom and Gomorrah as examples - but the Biblical critique here is of two specific cities that grind the faces of the poor, are proud, and inhospitable, looking to gang-rape strangers. They don’t stand for all cities 2/4

Two days ago you didn’t have any words written. And now you do.

IngramSpark and Amazon both do POD for softback/paperback and hardback. Bookvault will do fancier stuff (foil, sprayed edges) at higher cost. If you have a Mac, Vellum makes it easy to create a professional looking print-ready PDF in whatever size you choose. Getcovers.com for cheap covers.

I use ubs5 on Accordance. I’ve also got NA28 but I prefer the apparatus on UBS5.

Or anything by Jasper Fforde.

(Or you could buy some copies of The Magdalene Secret, light mystery, available at all good book shops, read one and give the rest to friends)

Blow the lot on PG Wodehouse collections

Maybe he has poor political tactical instincts? I think he has a long term strategy (as he did to win the election) but makes some poor say to day choices.