Culture

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...

The Sixteen's Harry Christophers on Lent, lyrics, and life

on a perishingly cold day i find myself talking with harry christophers, the world-acclaimed conductor and director of the sixteen, about le...

Serenhedd James

Memories of Masses past and present keep loved ones alive

on 5 november 1962, my father, a retired naval commander, wrote to my headmistress. dear mother shanley, i am disturbed at elisa’s continued...

Shūsaku Endō, the Catholic novelist who bore witness to the love of God

the warmth of christ shines through in his novels, says daniel frampton on the japanese author’s centenary . "the thing we are most lacking ...

Daniel Frampton

A History of Delusions, by Victoria Shepherd

a history of delusions: the glass king, a substitute husband and a walking corpse victoria shepherd oneworld, £16.99, 352 pages where do del...

Seeing St David: some modern depictions of the patron saint of Wales

there has been a pervasive modern assumption, repeated in many church guide books, that churches dedicated to early saints were a result of ...

Fr Konstantin Budkiewicz and why the Blood of the Martyrs is the seed of the Church

andrzej piotrowski reflects on fr konstantin budkiewicz, 100 years after his murder. with his balding pate, pince-nez spectacles and boy-lik...

Andrzej Piotrowski

The Lancet Commission: Considering death and its value

the ‘lancet commission on the value of death’ has much to commend it, says james le fanu. like many before me, i find myself at that stage o...