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Jonathan Wright
How one English school shaped America
these days, schools and universities enjoy sending out yearly bulletins to their alumni: it’s partly an exercise in reminding former student...
When anti-Catholicism inspired riots
historians, including some of the good ones, have often proffered sweeping generalisations about american anti-catholicism. you’ll read abou...
Being a Puritan was never an easy life
hot protestants: a history of puritanism in england and america by michael winship yale university press, 351pp, £20/$28 hold on to your hat...
The quest for the ‘historical Jesus’ started early in Asia
jesus in asia by rs sugirtharajah harvard university press, 311pp, £21.95/$30 the quest for the historical jesus has been an obsession of we...
Arts essay: Mary’s dramatic life needs no embellishment
we may think that parliament can be a little fractious these days, but we are pale shadows of our tudor forebears. in 1586 job throckmorton,...
Fearing the knock of the papal police
anna and tranquillo by kenneth stow, yale, £20 in may 1749 anna del monte, a young jewish woman, was escorted by papal police to the roman h...
Anthony Burgess, lapsed Catholic bore
what with all the seminars and symposiums, it has been a busy year for burgess scholars. this week the carnival continued in manchester, whe...
Is there a better way to honour our war dead?
fierce imaginings by rachel mann, dlt, £12.99 rachel mann’s grandfather, sam, owned a brown leather wallet, as “masculine as a shaving brush...
Anthony Burgess was a gifted writer, but had the theology of a lapsed Catholic bore
When it came to religion, the dazzling novelist was achingly dull
Jacob Rees-Mogg has chosen an excellent Catholic name for his newborn son
The Conservative MP's sixth child can learn a lot from his historical namesakes
An order emerges from the shadows
on thursday, september 13, 1917, a sydney newspaper, the catholic press , reported on one of the “most notable and impressive ceremonies and...
When a tapestry cost as much as a warship
houses of power by simon thurley, bantam press, £30 it requires a great deal of archival work and a lively historical imagination to recreat...
Do grown-ups still need dogma?
black sheep and prodigals by dave tomlinson, hodder, £14.99 dave tomlinson declares that his book is “for people who are fed up with black a...
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