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Serenhedd James
Factious spirit
scottish catholics had to wait for nearly 30 years after their coreligionists in england and wales for the restoration of their own hierarch...
Muscular Christianity
We’re all in the same boat, as St Paul reminds us
eights week in oxford always heralds the approach of midsummer. the various college boats strive to outdo each other on the river, with triu...
End of the road for St Benet's Hall?
st benet’s hall, oxford, looks set to close, writes serenhedd james the optimism with which i wrote about the future of st benet’s hall, oxf...
A glimpse of heaven at Sir John Soane's Museum
architectural drawings: hidden masterpieces from sir john soane’s museum by dr frances sands batsford press, £35, 159 pages "we’ll make heav...
Our Lady of The Windrush - a new icon goes on tour
as i passed through the huge central doors of westminster cathedral one sunny spring afternoon, i was struck by the lingering smell of incen...
Friends reunited
Reorganising bookshelves leads to mixed blessings
four things came to mind when a neighbour’s ceramic bird-feeder shot past my study window before disintegrating with a crash against the gar...
Exhibition review: The World of Stonehenge
there is a certain apophatic quality to the world of stonehenge at the british museum, which is defined by the absence at its ce...
Are you self-serving?
Checking oneself, spiritually, at the checkout
‘excuse me, but are you self-serving?” the question took me by surprise, and i could only apologetically ask my interlocutor to repeat it fr...
Ukraine: “If the churches are bombed, then we shall celebrate elsewhere,” says the Eparch of London
The Bishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of the Holy Family of London speaks to Serenhedd James about the war in Ukraine
as the bbc reported a mounting death-toll in ukraine, on friday afternoon i spoke about the rapidly-developing situation to the rt revd kenn...
Loss and gain
St Benet’s Hall is saved for now – the idea of Oxford without it is horrible to contemplate
there was consternation in oxford when the news went round – like wildfire, as this sort of news invariably does – that the pro-vice-chancel...
Wrapper’s delight
Weighing up the merits of a spot of guerrilla catechism
one only has to think of the controversy about doctor who, and the casting of jodie whittaker as the 13th doctor back in 2018, to be reminde...
Christmas presence
Can we look forward to a better feast this year?
confiteor: i rather enjoyed christmas 2020. having agreed with my parents that, in the context of a global pandemic, driving to wales and ba...
The wonder of Wilton House
A national treasure in which history, art, devotion and ambition all combine
‘to my lady pembroke’s,” as dr johnson might have written, for a thoroughly jolly post-lockdown evening of champagne and canapés to celebrat...
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