Harry Mount

Christianity and all that

the treasures of english churches: witnesses to the history of a nation, by matthew byrne shire publications, £20, 160 pages and did those f...

A tour of buildings and monuments in Mayfair and St James’s

Hidden gems: An intriguing guide to a neglected corner of London
the buildings of green park: a tour of certain buildings, monuments and other structures in mayfair and st james’s andrew jones, £25, 168 pa...

London's nearly perfect pub

last wednesday, at 9pm, i had a splendid choice of murder programmes to watch. there was white house farm, about the 1985 jeremy bamber murd...

The long twilight of the Roman gods

how to think about god by marcus tullius cicero, translated by philip freeman princeton, 151pp, £13.99/$16.95 this handy little book could j...

The morality of dressing well

what should you wear at christmas parties? and how should you look presentable without looking vain? i stumbled upon the answer at the inaug...

The sweet, neglected pastures of Latin

long live latin by nicola gardini, profile, 256pp, £14.99/$26 is latin still alive? yes, there are some intellectuals like benedict xvi who ...

The best drink I've had all year is a Stella

a new all-women’s club, allbright, is doing fantastically well in its branches in mayfair and fitzrovia. so well, in fact, that it’s opened ...

Habemus App-am! Duolingo has finally launched a Latin course

"of course, no one ever actually spoke latin," a particularly stupid – and incompetent – latin teacher once told a friend of mine. the teach...

Diary: The weekend I nearly died of embarrassment

this weekend, i nearly died of embarrassment – literally. i was making my way down to bullslaughter bay, a remote pembrokeshire beach, with ...

Diary: I hope Boris proves his old tutor wrong

what a pleasure it is to listen to the vatican news in latin – or hebdomada papae, notitiae vaticanae latine redditae , to give the broadcas...

Diary: Don't dismiss punctuality as a minor virtue

in budapest last weekend, i loved the collision of architectural styles: onion-domed churches from the east; classical palaces from italy; t...

Auberon Waugh was as brilliant as his father

a scribbler in soho by auberon waugh, with commentary by naim attallah, quartet, 341pp, £20/$29 in a 1973 essay about pg wodehouse, auberon ...

When it's forgivable to make a phone call in church

in the yorkshire seaside town of whitby last week, i looked round st mary’s church – a spectacular number in a style osbert lancaster would ...

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