Culture

When ‘true crime’ becomes dark spectacle

The booming true crime genre raises questions about whether fascination with evil can slide into something morally disordered

Georgia Gilholy

Angels in the Sistine Chapel

James MacMillan’s Angels Unawares received its world premiere in the Sistine Chapel

Edward Barrett-Shortt

Women’s magazines are narrowing the space for dissent

By replacing debate with rigid conformity, women’s magazines risk failing the very constituency they claim to serve

A land of no cathedrals: how the Cambodian Church came back from 'Year Zero' of Khmer Rouge

despite being a former french colony, cambodia has no cathedrals. the khmer rouge destroyed most church buildings soon after seizing control...

US State Department 'monitoring’ prosecution of woman in abortion facility ‘buffer zone’ case, 'concerned' about free speech in Britain

a bureau within the us state department said on sunday it is “monitoring” the abortion facility “buffer zone” case of a dorset woman, ahead ...

The Catholic Herald

Church leaders pray for victims of Myanmar earthquake

mumbai, india – on sunday, pope francis offered his prayers for the people of myanmar, who have been “suffering so much because of the earth...

Nirmala Carvalho

‘Mysticism, Magic and Monasteries’ offers a brilliant counter-narrative to contemporary inversions

in his new book, sebastian morello has produced a brilliant excoriation of how and to what effect western civilisation has been possessed by...

Keeping the flame alive: BBC documentary 'First Communion' is tender-hearted, insightful and cynical

watching the bbc’s new documentary "first communion", i was struck by the image of a child’s star wars stormtrooper toy adorned with a rosar...

The implications of presuming human 'innocence': Rousseau and wickedness

jordan peterson made a helpful contribution to our understanding of the dynamics of the exchange of ideas, when he observed that, in the cas...

UK primary school axes Easter traditions in diversity drive

a primary school has axed its usual easter celebration and service in a bid to “respect diverse religious beliefs”. norwood primary school i...