Culture

a few days ago there was a twitter spat between jordan peterson (3.9 million followers) and pope francis (18.9 million followers, not includ...

Gavin Ashenden

every pope leaves a distinctive mark on the church, and in the case of benedict xvi, the extent and value of his legacy will only be fully a...

The Catholic Herald

the key theme this ash wednesday is that ashes symbolise death and penitence. recent events in israel have reminded us of the continual plig...

Angus Milne

today the church commemorates saint sebastian, a 3rd-century member of the pretorian guard of the pagan emperor diocletian, who, on discover...

Peter Ogwen Jones

this easter was compressed for me, in that from the middle of holy week till my alarm clock rang on monday 1 april, it was crammed with acti...

Steve de la Bedoyere

my late godmother, the marchioness of dufferin and ava (1941-2020), had  a unique combination of talents. i’ve tried to record som...

Harry Mount

todd field’s first film for sixteen years,  tár  – starring cate blanchett as lydia tár, an american superstar composer-conductor ...

Julia Hamilton

colonialism: a moral reckoning  nigel biggar william collins, £25, 480 pages  nigel biggar’s colonialism: a moral reckoning must r...

Alex Ellington

most will be familiar by now with how the controversy over the last supper parody during the olympics' opening ceremony was followed by an i...

Thomas Casemore

a few weeks ago i took my daughters aged 2 and 3 to the tate britain to look at some art, but also to try out the two children’s play areas ...

Olenka Hamilton