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Television: Doctor Who? It’s more like EastEnders in space
doctor who is showing his age. his ratings are down; critics are bored. the problem is this. classic who, which ran from 1963 to 1989, reinv...
Tim Stanley
Music: The snazzy choir that lacks substance
st john’s, smith square used to be a venue with a questionable future, with occasionally fewer people in the audience than on the platform. ...
Michael White
A visitor’s guide to the Catholic theological zoo
catholic theology by tracey rowland, bloomsbury t&t clark, £14.99 catholic theology introduces the catholic tradition by focusing on “fo...
Carl E Olson
A Christian defends secular humanism
god created humanism: the christian basis of secular values by theo hobson, spck, £16.99 theo hobson wants to get a couple of things straigh...
Michael Duggan
Lectio Divina
third sunday of easter: luke 24:13-35 13 on that same day two of jesus’s followers were going to a village named emmaus, about seven miles f...
Mgr Anthony Abela
Pope Francis delivers surprise speech to TED conference
'No one is an island,' the Pope told the conference via a video message
Staff Reporter
Melissa Kite: Giving up the news for Lent
they say ignorance is bliss and i’m starting to believe it. for a journ-alist by trade, this is a humiliating volte face. i always thought k...
Melissa Kite
How the media marginalised Good Friday
i am writing this on maundy thursday. tomorrow is the most solemn day of the christian year, a day which commemorates appalling suffering an...
Ann Widdecombe
Science and faith: Five letters could change your life
clergy, accountants, teachers, business managers, social workers, parents – that’s just the beginning of a long list of vocations whose job ...
Quentin de la Bedoyere
Mary Kenny: Harry’s bravery and the rites of mourning
prince harry has been admirable in disclosing his feelings about the loss of his mother at the age of 12, and how that grief affected him 20...
Mary Kenny
Rome’s memories of Peter and Paul come to life
peter and paul are attracting new interest in rome. a multimedia museum, based on a decade of research, restoration work and recent archaeol...
Desmond O'Grady
Film: National treasures keep calm and carry on
nostalgia ain’t what it used to be. the spectre of the “well-made british film” – well-cast, well-acted and well-dressed, yet so emotionally...
Mike McCahill
Music: A poignant trip into a Viennese hothouse
the idea of taking listeners or viewers on a “journey” through a work of art is such a tv cliché that i hate to trot it out. but it applies ...
Michael White
Theatre: Can musicals help the cash-strapped ENO?
the moment the curtain goes up at drury lane you know 42nd street is going to be a huge popular success. songs by harry warren and al dubin ...
Robert Tanitch
Saintly reflections saved from history’s bonfire
in god’s hands: the spiritual diaries by pope st john paul ii, william collins, £25 as many will remember, john paul ii’s longtime secretary...
George Weigel
A great escape from New Age spirituality
cor jesu sacratissimum by roger buck, angelico press, £17.50 roger buck, a convert to the church after decades-long association with new age...
Jack Carrigan
Saint of the week: Giles of Assisi (April 23)
begging for cloth blessed giles of assisi was a wealthy man who fell on his knees beforest francis and begged to be accepted into his compan...
Staff Reporter
Lectio Divina
second sunday of easter: john 20:19-31 19 it was late that sunday evening, and the disciples were gathered together behind locked doors, bec...
Mgr Anthony Abela
Prize crossword 0487
cryptic across 1 taps out line to contain sound of impact (5) 4 cockney missus has trouble getting away from controversy (6) 10 pope instiga...
Alun Evans
Francois Fillon might still be the best chance France has
A Le Pen victory would be a huge upset while more of the same is bound to fail
Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith
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