Culture

Fr Jeffrey Kirby: Pulling no punches

i spoke recently with fr jeffrey kirby, a moral theologian and priest in south carolina, whose book sanctify them in truth is a response to ...
Katherine Bennett

It is easy to get distracted from what really matters in life

it is easy to get distracted from what really matters in life for the first week of february, chez gooch was a plague house. all of us were ...
Niall Gooch

Philokalia: Volume 5, reviewed by Mark Jenkins

philokalia: volume 5 ed. kallistos ware faber & faber, £30, 324 pages the much-anticipated fifth volume of an english translation of the...
Mark Jenkins

Letter from the Editor: Crisis in the Church and growth for the Herald

i enjoyed reading peter frankopan’s diary for this issue, in which he admits that writing a book is a “very spiritual experience”. after his...
William Cash

Deeper insight into Mary, Queen of Scots

a moving and insightful treasure trove of her ‘lost letters’ has been discovered online, writes gertrude clark. the “most important new find...
Gertrude Clarke

The demise of Christian America

stephen bullivant presents evidence that the us is becoming an ex-christian country, as more people become ‘nonverts’ to no religion . meet ...
Stephen Bullivant

Recipes: There’s no reason why Lent shouldn’t be both meat-free and delicious

here we are, then, in the middle of lent. perhaps you’re keeping your resolutions, or perhaps you’re finding it more difficult. however you’...
Kate Ford

Nitisma: The fast way to happiness

when was the last time you saw a book on greek orthodoxy with encomiums from jamie oliver and claudia roden on the cover? well, this is what...
Gertrude Clarke

This presentation of the Tudors is about the battle for England’s soul

imagine trying to export the tudors without the help of hilary mantel. after her untimely death in the autumn, the cleveland museum of art h...
Lucien de Guise

To have and to hold: the beauty of medieval ivories

sarah guerin helps us understand more deeply the trade and role of medieval devotional ivories, writes emma edwards. a few weeks ago i was f...
Emma Edwards