Robert Gray

More to St Paul’s than religion

Robert Gray reviews In the Shadow of St Paul’s Cathedral: The Churchyard that Shaped London, By Margaret Willes

in the shadow of st paul’s cathedral: the churchyard that shaped london by margaret willes yale university press, pp. 320, £25 the romanists...

Monuments to a shared humanity

Robert Gray reviews Europe’s 100 Best Cathedrals,  by Simon Jenkins

europe’s 100 best cathedrals by simon jenkins viking, £30, 360 pages the feeding of the 5,000 notwithstanding, the founder of christianity n...

The changing century

Commerce, politics and religion collide in this vivid account

london and the 17th century: the making of the world's greatest city , by margarette lincoln £25, 384 pages, yale university press margarett...

After Manning's death, 100,000 paid their respects. No wonder

no one was ever more eager to submit to the judgment of rome than cardinal manning, who served as archbishop of westminster from 1865 to his...

How London greeted Handel’s astonishing gifts

handel in london by jane glover, macmillan, 448pp, £25, $29.95 to begin on a carping note, jane glover’s subtitle, the making of a genius, s...

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