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Unwelcome alteration

there is a folk history of the reformation in england which goes roughly as follows: in the years immediately before the break with rome, th...

MacMillan’s Christmas cracker

it’s a brave thing, to compose a christmas oratorio when you’re not bach: the comparisons between his genius and yours are likely to be awkw...

Wrapper’s delight

one only has to think of the controversy about doctor who, and the casting of jodie whittaker as the 13th doctor back in 2018, to be reminde...

Serenhedd James

Liberalism as the great villain

whatever happened to tradition?: history, belonging and the future of the west by tim stanley bloomsbury, £20, 266 pages ________ in recent ...

Dobbs v. Jackson: What did Roberts, Kavanaugh, and Barrett say?

as the wait begins for a decision in the  dobbs v. jackson women’s health organization  abortion case, close attention will be pai...

Ethics committee authorizes first assisted suicide in Italy

the catholic church in italy said that life must be “protected and defended” after local health authorities in italy gave the green light to...

Hannah Brockhaus

A hymn to English church music

evensong: people, discoveries and reflections on the church in england by richard morris weidenfeld & nicolson, £25, 336 pages if you st...

A fair attempt but could do better

between form and faith: graham greene and the catholic novel by martyn sampson fordham university press, £26.99, 304 pages graham greene rem...

Assisted suicide counselling via Zoom an even worse idea, foes tell Scottish lawmakers

edinburgh, scotland, oct 19, 2021 / 18:00 pm videophone evaluations are no way to assess someone for assisted suicide, critics have said, al...

Social unrest appeased in Colombia, but crisis goes on

in april, massive demonstrations exploded in cali and in several colombian cities. a combination of rising poverty, political dissatisfactio...

Eduardo Campos Lima