Culture

i cannot now remember the number of times that i have sat in the sheldonian theatre in oxford, wearing an academic gown of either red or bla...

Serenhedd James

if the medici had their way, today’s easter faithful might be processing not in the direction of jerusalem or to st peter’s basilica in rome...

Adam Dant

in the 1990s it seemed de rigueur to ask the question “which five people would you invite to your dream dinner party?” my answer then would ...

Katherine Bennett

one of the great novels on sickness and death is thomas mann’s the magic mountain. i have been reading it because of a norfolk-based interes...

sarah sands

the doctrinal committee of the united states conference of catholic bishops (usccb) issued on 20 march a 14-page firm doctrinal note on the ...

Laura Perrins

while it might be said that nélida piñon was a catholic writer, she was certainly not one set in the customary mould – or indeed in any moul...

The Catholic Herald

joanna bogle reflects on the spiritual potential of a new camino route and its value to people today. people have walked to walsingham for c...

Joanna Bogle

michael white on a clandestine retelling of william byrd’s 16th-century mass settings and a buddhist interpretation of bach’s passions. we h...

Michael White

dog lovers everywhere are waiting with baited breath to discover the fate of shroom. shroom is a 6 stone carpathian shepherd dog who, in a m...

Gavin Ashenden

science has attempted to explain it, but ties itself in knots. on march 25, we celebrate the feast of the annunciation, also known as the fe...

Fr Robert Verrill OP