Culture

Fish pies and potted shrimps: Balfour Easter weekends past and present

potted shrimps with toast and pickled cucumber b y kai chan vong / flickr cc by 2.0 the balfour go-to at eastertide is potted shrimps – with...

Helping to Heal: Supporting abuse survivors

grief to grace uk turns ten this year. our mission is to support abuse survivors, particularly survivors of clergy abuse, by running a speci...

Fr Dominic Allain

Hungary’s family values

hungary’s family policy is one of the most generous in europe but liberal opponents of the country’s controversial pm, viktor orban, don’t g...

Melanie McDonagh

Composer at the crossroads

at certain times in his life, igor stravinsky liked to date his manuscripts by saints’ days or religious festivals, and if he had survived h...

Saying goodbye to God

the best catholics in the world: the irish, the church and the end of a special relationship derek scally, £16.99, 352pp, sandycove ________...

Cardinal Bo: ‘Merciless killings’ turning Burma into ‘21st-century Calvary’

cardinal charles maung bo preaching at westminster cathedral in london, england, may 12, 2016. credit: mazur/catholicnews.org.uk via cna cna...

Craving outdoor rituals

the closing of churches over the past year has prompted many christians to reflect on the importance of regular worship, and to debate the r...

Walking with Saints

i was sitting on a busy early-morning commuter train to london one tuesday back in 2018. i felt the need to sit in a particular seat in the ...

The Mystical Fragrance of Spring

april is the month of puppies and this year we shall have three; a pug each for beatrice, florence and celestia. whilst this might sound lik...

Pointed Arch: the glorious facade of the London Oratory

the ashlar facade of the london oratory, next to its neighbour the victoria and albert museum, continues to dominate the west end of the bro...