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Was Shostakovich a dissident or a lackey?
shostakovich: critical lives by pauline fairclough reaktion books, 240pp, £11.99/$19 there’s a popular image of shostakovich – encouraged by...
Michael White
The Borgia story isn't all debauchery
the borgias: power and fortune by paul strathern atlantic books, 400pp, £25/$28.95 the dubious distinction of serving as the stereotypical e...
James Baresel
The odd couple who kept up Britain's spirits
attlee and churchill by leo mckinstry atlantic, 737pp, £25/$28 talk about the descent from the sublime to the ridiculous. from attlee and ch...
Allan Massie
An absorbing twist on the police drama
criminal: uk (netflix) might sound boring to some potential viewers. take into consideration these details from episodes one and two. it has...
Carl Curtis
When atheists compose Masses
convincing catholic sacred music cannot be written by every gifted composer. when gustav mahler, a convert from judaism, was asked why he ha...
Benjamin Ivry
Letters: If not Peter's Pence, then what?
wanted: an alternative to peter’s pence sir – regarding the letter from p whitney (november 1), for the past two years i have not contribute...
The Catholic Herald
Britain's angriest Quaker
the controversial historian david starkey was raised in a quaker family and, although he is no longer a believer, i think that quaker backgr...
Mary Kenny
William Oddie: Dynamic, passionate and provocative
the recent death of william oddie will be sad news for his many friends and former colleagues. a large personality in catholic journalistic ...
Francis Phillips
What I learnt from a stint as a campus missionary
it was well below zero in chicago when i decided to become a fellowship of catholic university students (focus) missionary. we wore woolly h...
The Catholic Herald
Leo XIII: the missionary prisoner
the recent decision by pope francis to add the feast of our lady of loreto to the universal calendar made me think of pope leo xiii, the mis...
Fr Raymond de Souza
The staggering heroism of Japan's saints
the history of the catholic church in japan is one of triumph, tragedy, but above all perseverance. after st francis xavier and his fellow m...
William Doino Jr
Saints, authors and prime ministers: The dramatic story of Japanese Catholicism
after his apostolic visit to thailand later this month, pope francis will move on to japan, a land of saints and martyrs, but also a country...
Roy Peachey
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 ...
Harry Mount
Ethiopia's churches are being targeted – and no one is quite sure why
an outbreak of violence in ethiopia at the end of october has manifested a worrying new trend in one of the world’s most religious countries...
James Jeffrey
Moscow is failing to quell support for the new Orthodox Church of Ukraine
in december last year, patriarch bartholomew i of constantinople recognised an autocephalous orthodox church in ukraine. in doing so, he ris...
Fr Mark Drew
Does Marco Rubio's 'common good capitalism' go far enough?
marco rubio is changing for the better. the man who read atlas shrugged twice in his first state legislative term is now quoting leo xiii in...
Jordan Bloom
Cardinal Nichols at IICSA: A defence of Confession - and an unsettling rift
an earlier version of this article noted that fr gerard doyle had been asked by his superior to inform fr samuel penney that he was about to...
Simon Caldwell
The US bishops' conference rejects a 'myth' about resistance
the us bishops are making their ad limina visits this month, the pilgrimages bishops must make every five years “to the threshold of the apo...
Christopher R. Altieri
World news: from Santiago to Salford
washington, dc rubio calls for ‘common good capitalism’ one of the us’s best-known catholic politicians has called for a new economic model ...
Staff writers
Quotes of the week
"we’ve got so much to thank god for … we’re so clever we could blow each other up … we don't love one another … our lord jesus said he’ll be...
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