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A tender, modern portrait of a marriage
the huntingfield paintress by pamela holmes, urbane publications, £9 reading this novel sent me off to the depths of rural suffolk, to the v...
AN Wilson
Word This Week
the twenty-second sunday of the year ecclus 3:17-20 heb 12:18-19, 22-24 lk 14: 1-7 (year c) ‘everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, an...
Bishop David McGough
Ed West: We haven’t been this divided since the Victorians
i ticked off another “thing to do before i die” last month when i attended the annual wine-tasting day in châteauneuf-du-pape, which was the...
Ed West
Film review: Ukrainian father figure poses a moral dilemma
Almost Holy is a compelling documentary that explores the controversial work of Pastor Gennadiy Mokhnenko, but the return of David Brent is a dispiriting affair
Will Gore
Book review: The ceaseless inferno of Maoist China
How beating a class enemy became a favourite pastime in the China of Chairman Mao
Charlie Hegarty
Lectio Divina
luke 1:39-56 22 jesus went through towns and villages, teaching the people and making his way towards jerusalem. 23 someone asked him, “sir,...
Mgr Anthony Abela
Word This Week
the twenty-first sunday of the year isaiah 66:18-21; heb 12:5-7; luke 13:22-30 (year c) as the book of isaiah draws to its conclusion, it se...
Bishop David McGough
The ceaseless inferno of Maoist China
the cultural revolution by frank dikötter, bloomsbury, £25 the cultural revolution in china exploded on western consciousness in the summer ...
Charlie Hegarty
Did anyone really expect the Reformation?
reformations: the early modern world 1450-1650 by carlos eire, yale university press, £25 carlos eire suggests that “discontent and cries fo...
Jonathan Wright
Music: Assault and battery by grand pianos
pianos, like dogs, are best kept apart: the sound of more than one together in a small space can be torture. and it was in a relatively smal...
Michael White
Film: Ukrainian father figure poses a moral dilemma
almost holy (15, 96 mins, ★★★★ ) is a documentary about a very unorthodox ukrainian pastor. gennadiy mokhnenko has run pilgrim, ...
Will Gore
Mary Kenny: Lebanese choirgirls united by Mary
the most uplifting news i heard over the past week was that a choir of lebanese young women – christian and muslim – are planning to sing to...
Mary Kenny
How Pokémon Go became a problem
when pokémon go first appeared, many christians were optimistic about where it might lead. the game was “a great opportunity” to reach out t...
Dan Hitchens
Actor playing Jesus in Ben-Hur 'received blessing from the Pope'
The Catholic couple behind the film say they hope it delivers a 'message of reconciliation'
Mark Pattison
Theresa May's choice of holiday is a reassuring sign for Britain
Mountain holidays are biblically inspired and have been the refuge of several saints – not least St Pope John Paul II
Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith
Television: The biggest celebrities you’ve never heard of
The term 'celebrity' might be used loosely in the latest series of Big Brother and its spin-off show
Tim Stanley
Making parishes work
in a question-and answer-session with the polish bishops during his recent visit to that country, pope francis made some striking observatio...
The Catholic Herald
The anxious world of Turkey’s Catholics
in 2010, the austrian politician ewald stadler delivered a rousing speech from the floor of the national council in vienna. for more than ei...
Robert Wargas
The way to empty abortion clinics
the walls are talking by abby johnson, ignatius press, £14 whatever the political upheavals of the last few weeks in britain, it is safe to ...
Francis Phillips
Music: Powerful pianists and macho mosquitos
if you’re a grand anglo-italian family who own a castle on a hill in tuscany, the thing to do is run a summer music festival. ideally like t...
Michael White
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