Culture

Picasso was inspired by his lovers - and by religion

a life of picasso, volume iv: the minotaur years , 1933-1943  by john richardson  jonathan cape, £35, 368 pages john richardson di...

The abdicant generation

many of us find it less inconvenient to be on our own, without the responsibility of commitment. the other day, i was walking across london’...

British Museum's Nero exhibit is 'hair-flattening' take on infamous figure

cover image: publicity for the british museum's  nero: the man behind the myth exhibit, 27 may - 24 october 2021 (image formatted to fi...

Lucien de Guise

'I felt out of place praying at the tomb of a saint': A pilgrim finds Durham Cathedral inhospitable as it prepares for a pop concert

i have always been fascinated with british history. as a child, the monarchs, the anglo-saxons, the vikings, celts and romans all intrigued ...

Thomas Casemore

Bread of Heaven: The forthcoming transition to John’s Gospel is full of meaning

this being year b of the sunday lectionary cycle, we will mostly be reading through st mark’s gospel; but only mostly, because it is the sho...

Fr Richard Ounsworth OP

The rich significance of Tolkien's classic

there is a strange contradiction that emerges whenever a large scale survey sets out to discover what book tops the list of the all-time bes...

New Abuse Allegations against Buffalo Priests

the diocese of buffalo has placed three diocesan priests on administrative leave, following a new abuse accusation that dates back to the 19...

Should the Synod on Synodality be ignored?

amid an increasingly leftwards turn by the synodal path in germany , and calls for upending catholic tradition in ireland , is it time to ig...

The Catholic Herald

The Fallacy of Success: GK Chesterton

this is an excerpt from former catholic herald writer gk chesterton's 1909 book " all things considered". there has appeared in our time a p...

Donatello's outstanding virtuosity shows both his devotion and his playfulness

donatello, ascension with christ giving the keys to st peter, c.1430 . victoria & albert museum, london visitors to the v&a’s donate...