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Film: The Nazi drama with a whiff of ’Allo ’Allo!

i will forever be slightly irritated by films that are set in a foreign country, but in which all the actors speak in english. i’m fully awa...

Will Gore

Music: A mini La Scala in the depths of Surrey

of all the movers and shakers in british musical life there’s none so dynamic as the boss of grange park opera, wasfi kani, whose new countr...

Michael White

Theatre: An English historical epic with no character

dc moore’s common at the national theatre is described as an epic tale of england’s lost land. the revolving stage is covered in earth and t...

Robert Tanitch

Russia caught in a downward spiral

who lost russia? by peter conradi, oneworld, £18.99 peter conradi, reuters correspondent in moscow between 1988 and 1995 and now foreign edi...

Jack Carrigan

When a tapestry cost as much as a warship

houses of power by simon thurley, bantam press, £30 it requires a great deal of archival work and a lively historical imagination to recreat...

Jonathan Wright

Lord Carey's resignation: this is exactly the kind of accountability we need

The response to Lord Carey's resignation shows the debate on abuse has become more mature and calm

Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith

Vatican's Jacobite treasures go on display in Edinburgh museum

Artefacts are on loan to the Museum of Scotland for a new exhibition about Bonnie Prince Charlie and the Jacobites

Staff Reporter

Dutch royals pick up 400-year-old family heirloom during Vatican visit

William of Orange's baton, lost during the 16th-century Dutch War of Independence, had been housed in a Jesuit convent in Spain

Mark Greaves

How Canada once led the way in religious freedom

Canada's distinct history is one of religious pluralism, toleration and liberty

Fr Raymond de Souza

In brief

francis to visit peru and chile in january pope francis will travel to chile and peru in january, the vatican has announced. it will be his ...

Staff Reporter

Do Christians face a new Test Act?

in 1673 james, duke of york, was forced to resign as lord high admiral. since james was in line to the throne, and would indeed become king ...

Dan Hitchens

When Canada led the way

in this year of looking back, many on both sides of the atlantic might think that there is nothing of great religious significance in the 15...

Fr Raymond de Souza

‘There’s a culture of fear in England today’

when i spoke to jean vanier recently, i felt blessed. by chance, i was due to interview vanier, whom many consider a living saint for his wo...

Rachel Kelly

Mary Kenny: The CofE’s regiment of women

"the future is female" according to one feminist slogan. in the anglican church, it looks as though that is very much the case: there’s been...

Mary Kenny

Television: Love Island girls who just want a husband

love island (itv2, weekdays, 9pm) isn’t a reality show, it’s a wildlife documentary. take six horny girls, put them with six horny guys and ...

Tim Stanley

Film: Rom-com loses its way on Hampstead Heath

harry hallowes, who died two years ago aged 79, was an irishman who lived in a makeshift shack in a small corner of hampstead heath. he hole...

Will Gore

Music: How Britten brought the Dream to life

if you don’t love countertenors (and some don’t) the opening weekend of the aldeburgh festival wasn’t for you – because it was a celebration...

Michael White

Can Muslims accept ‘British values’?

the enemy within by sayeeda warsi, allen lane, £20 this apologia pro vita sua by britain’s most distinguished muslim politician is a well-ju...

Abdul Hakim Murad

Word this week

twelfth sunday of the year jer 20:10-13; rom 5:12-15; mt 10:26-33 (year a) we live in troubled times. outrages committed by the few in the n...

Bishop David McGough

Prize crossword 0496

cryptic across 7 confused hiram, out of love, put solomon’s temple here (6) 8 gas smell’s a trap for priest (6) 9 florence’s feature with re...

Alun Evans

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