Culture

The son-in-law also rises

henry ‘chips’ channon: the diaries (volume 2): 1938-43 by chips channon edited by simon heffer hutchinson, £35, 1,120 pages ________ this do...
Nicky Haslam

October Diary: Reflecting on the plight of refugees

i was in vienna for a few days last month and kept seeing the stumbling stones, brass cobbles with the names and dates of death of the jews ...
Anna Somers Cocks

Diary: Art without God

i was going through some of my old portfolios the other day – i am a catholic-raised artist working somewhat incongruously in the atelier of...
Adam Dant

On Pilgrimage with Rosemary Hill

where would you go? i would go to canterbury which is not very original, but i have my reasons. where i live in south london is very close t...
The Catholic Herald

Wanted: backers for a religious thriller

in march 2020, with lockdown imminent, an old friend called laurie berg rang me to ask if i would read a synopsis for a religious film or pe...
David Sower

Mass appeal should be for everyone

one of the pope’s titles is that of pontifex, or bridge builder. it is an aspect of his office that pope francis might reflect on when it co...
The Catholic Herald

William, it was really something

oh william! by elizabeth strout viking penguin, £14.99, 256 pages ________ the best-known and certainly the most dramatic novel about a form...
Cressida Connolly

Helping to lift burdens

as we grow closer to the poor, little by little we gain their confidence and can advise them in the most terrible moments of this earthly pi...
Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati

A readable yarn but none too credible

matrix by lauren groff  william heinemann, £16.99, 272 pages __________ the 12th-century poet we know as marie de france was, scholars ...
Arabella Byrne

Benedict XVI: Legalization of same-sex marriage is ‘a distortion of conscience’

vatican city, sep 16, 2021 / 09:15 am pope emeritus benedict xvi has said that the legalization of same-sex marriage in many countries is “a...
Hannah Brockhaus