Education

st benet’s hall, oxford, looks set to close, writes serenhedd james the optimism with which i wrote about the future of st benet’s hall, oxf...

Serenhedd James

since simon james green, the homosexual author of ‘teen fiction’, was prevented from promoting his latest book at a catholic secondary schoo...

Simon Caldwell

let’s keep this simple. if you think inviting an author of sexually explicit material that also has a sprinkling of blasphemy to a catholic ...

Laura Perrins

raphael was, as kenneth clark put it, “one of the civilising forces of the western imagination”. for many of us, he is best known as the pai...

Gertrude Clarke

architectural drawings: hidden masterpieces from sir john soane’s museum by dr frances sands batsford press, £35, 159 pages "we’ll make heav...

Serenhedd James

the american mother miraculously healed of a potentially fatal haemorrhage by the intercession of cardinal st john henry newman has spoken o...

Simon Caldwell

where would you go? saint-maximin-la-sainte-baume, a village not far from aix-en-provence. its basilica is dedicated to mary magdalene and u...

The Catholic Herald

ampleforth abbey ampleforth, yorkshire founded in 1802, ampleforth abbey is home to the largest benedictine community in the uk, who run a s...

Olenka Hamilton

the church of england’s consistory courts are not normally at the centre of the culture war. these bodies – there is one in every anglican d...

Niall Gooch

john wilkins was editor of the tablet for 21 years until 2003. he had previously been assistant editor of the paper in 1967 but left to join...

Melanie McDonagh