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Tolkien's lessons of hope for humanity, fifty years after his death
jrr tolkien died 50 years ago, on 2 september 1973. if you ask a fan of his work what they most struggle with in his epic lord of the rings ...
Ferdie Rous
Catholic Good Schools Guide 2023: A-Z of Independent Schools
alton school hampshire headmaster : andrew reeve takes : boys and girls, aged 1-18 alton school is a day school in an old manor house ...
The Catholic Herald
'The Subtle Art of Not Giving A F**k' is nihilistic
mark manson is not a philosopher, nor is he a psychologist, but you may still have heard of him. if not, you are certainly likely to have he...
Karl Gustel Warnberg
Catholic Good Schools Guide 2023: Top ten senior independent schools
ampleforth college north yorks headmaster : peter roberts takes : boys and girls, aged 13-18 originally founded for 70 boys by the benedicti...
The Catholic Herald
Catholic Good Schools Guide 2023: Top five prep schools
all hallows east cranmore, somerset headmaster: trevor richards takes: boys and girls, aged 3-13 home to 400 pupils, all hallows has good ac...
The Catholic Herald
The Chemist of Catania, by Alexander Lucie-Smith
the chemist of catania alexander lucie-smith self-published, £5, 235 pages not since ann radcliffe has a british author published a more som...
Georgia L. Gilholy
By stacking the odds in his favour, does Pope Francis risk splitting the vote at the next conclave?
almost 300 years ago, a minor french playwright by the cumbersome name of léonor-jean-christine soulas d’allainval – he mockingly referred t...
John Allen
'Move on': Pope's advice to U.S. conservative Catholics 'mad' at ideology slurs
aboard the papal plane – pope francis has told infuriated conservative american catholics to “move on” after he accused them of putting ideo...
Elise Allen
The transcendental character of an ancient abbey
in the forests of the thar valley, in the shadow of mont st michel, lies the abbaye de la sainte-trinité de la lucerne d’outremer....
Gavin Ashenden
Kidnapped Nigerian priest and seminarian released by captors
a priest and a seminarian kidnapped in nigeria’s middle belt have been released after three weeks in captivity. fr paul sanogo and brother m...
The Catholic Herald
Q&A with Dominic Rose of the Cedars School, Croydon
what did you do prior to becoming headmaster of the cedars and how long have you been in the role? prior to taking up my post as headmaster ...
The Catholic Herald
Q&A with Charlotte Avery of St Mary's School, Cambridge
charlotte avery, head of st mary’s school, cambridge, discusses what attracted her to what is now the only single-sex school in cambrid...
The Catholic Herald
How good was Good Queen Bess?
an ex-anglican re-learns history. it is surprising how many things we accept second hand and assume they are true without questioning them. ...
Gavin Ashenden
Q&A with Rachel Owens and Antony Hudson of St George's School, Weybridge
the following answers are from rachel owens, head of st george's senior school/college: what did you do prior to becoming head of st george’...
The Catholic Herald
Q&A with Johneen McPherson of St Catherine's School, Twickenham
what did you do prior to becoming headmistress of st catherine’s and how long have you been in the role? i have been headmistress for five y...
The Catholic Herald
Q&A with Ben Horan of Prior Park College
what did you do prior to becoming headmaster of prior park college and how long have you been in the role? i joined prior as head in 2019. b...
The Catholic Herald
Oppenheimer, reviewed by Julia Hamilton
the film’s events are magnetically clustered around los alamos, finds julia hamilton. if you thought that christopher nolan’s last film, dun...
Julia Hamilton
Q&A with Adam Hall of the Cardinal Pole School
what did you do prior to becoming headmaster of cardinal pole catholic school? i started my career in 2007 teaching religious studies, befor...
The Catholic Herald
Joseph Roth: Riddles and reinvention
endless flight: the life of joseph roth keiron pim granta, £25, 544 pages it is easiest to imagine joseph roth – the most elegaic writer of ...
John Ritzema
Rowan Williams: Why my favourite book of the bible is the Second Epistle to the Corinthians
st paul’s second letter to the church in corinth is one of the most unusual documents of the ancient world. it displays a painful vulnerabil...
Rowan Williams
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