Chapter House

Austen’s extended family affairs

godmersham park  gill hornby cornerstone, £14.99, 416 pages all the sins of empire are being remembered nowadays, heroes judged and fou...

Light a candle for St Benet’s Hall

once gone, st benet's hall will be impossible to replace , writes alumnus damian collins mp like all current and former students of st benet...

U.S. Supreme Court poised to overturn Roe v. Wade abortion ruling

the u.s. supreme court will vote to overturn roe v. wade, the 1973 decision that legalized abortion nationwide, according to draft opinion c...

John Wilkins, the 'lovable' former editor of the Tablet, dies at 85

john wilkins was editor of the tablet for 21 years until 2003. he had previously been assistant editor of the paper in 1967 but left to join...

Melanie McDonagh

It came down from Heaven

during the summer, i had a conversation with the former archbishop of canterbury, rowan williams, about bach. simon russell beale was playin...

The Vatican's trials: Pell's Redemption

a couple of weeks ago, as the trial of cardinal becciu for corruption was announced in the vatican, my parish priest made an announcement ab...

Melanie McDonagh

The Passion(fruit) of St Swithin

what an amazingly versatile food an egg is. i well remember as a child the slogan of “go to work on an egg”, the very successful advertising...

C. S. Lewis Would Have Approved of CRT

tory christian though he was, i think c. s. lewis would have approved of critical race theory, at least the way it understands human limitat...

Speaking of Race: It's time to quit the semantic quibbling

people rally against "critical race theory" (crt) in schools at the loudon county government center in leesburg, virginia on june 12, 2021. ...

Steven D. Greydanus

The New York Times Admits It Was Wrong About Pius XII

when sister margherita marchione died recently, at the age of 99, the new york times , to its credit, published a lengthy and sympathetic ob...

William Doino Jr