Education

Diary: Witnessing the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine

‘have a good trip”, says the faded tourism leaflet taped to the window of the ukrainian border guard post with hungary at beregsurány. i was...

Three is the magic number

a recurring topic of conversation among my jolly group of “mum friends” at the moment seems to be about whether or not to go for the third c...

Olenka Hamilton

Friends reunited

four things came to mind when a neighbour’s ceramic bird-feeder shot past my study window before disintegrating with a crash against the gar...

Serenhedd James

Are women philosophers different?

metaphysical animals: how four women brought philosophy back to life clare mac cumhaill and rachel wiseman chatto and windus, £25, 416 pages...

Gertrude Clarke

A thoughtful tale but not a novel

julian barnes has always looked more like a french philosopher than an english novelist. with his latest novel, elizabeth finch, about an ex...

‘The Stripping of the Altars’, 30 years on

thirty years is a long shelf life for any historical work, and perhaps especially so for a historical work self-consciously designed as a ch...

It is time for some self-reflection at Jesus College, Cambridge

life is filled with tragic juxtapositions. jk rowling writes stories that light up the lives of many, and uses her wealth to improve people’...

Nicholas Reed Langen

Aid to the Church in Need appoints new UK director

the uk office of a charity helping persecuted and other suffering christians has announced the appointment of its new chief executive. ...

Government investigates cancellation of gay teen fiction author's visit to Catholic schools

the archdiocese of southwark is facing an investigation by the government after cancelling a visit by a gay children’s author to two catholi...

“Never in our history have a million people entered Poland in just 10 days"

a tale of good people with a lump in his throat, the exhausted ukrainian president says at a press conference: "i don't know who could be do...