Europe

Raw, unadulterated walking

a simple joy and peace comes from walking, whether alone or with someone close, says julian kwasniewski. walking with the sun on your back; ...

Julian Kwasniewski

Response to life

michael white enjoys three very different outstanding performances. when music tourists go to leipzig it tends to be for js bach, who lies b...

Clerical eco-activists and taking God's name in vain

it is not easy to watch pictures of an elderly protestant clergywoman, sporting her dog collar, being arrested for breaching the peace as sh...

Pope in Lisbon calls on youth to be 'teachers of hope'

lisbon – pope francis kicked off the second day of his august 2-6 visit to lisbon meeting with catholic university students, telling them to...

Elise Ann Allen

En Vacances en Normandie

the region has a wealth of former monastic buildings, some in ruins but some whose churches still survive. the history of the duchy of norm-...

Painted Love in Bath, Somerset

the marriage portraits at an exhibition in bath not only capture a likeness, but contain much symbolism, says katherine cole . walk through ...

Gwen John gives room for reflection

gwen john comes into her own at this excellent show at pallant house, finds gertrude clark . gwen john is invariably – and inevitably – desc...

Gertrude Clarke

South of the River at Southwark Cathedral

did you know that the cathedral of the archbishop of southwark, who has jurisdiction over the part of greater london which lies south of the...

Serenhedd James

The Fernández kiss of death?

this controversial appointment could lead to more headaches at the vatican. the appointment of archbishop víctor manuel fernández as the new...

The Church has a part to play in preserving culture, the arts and sciences

the 400th anniversary of the death of william byrd, the great english composer of polyphonic sacred music, fell on july 4. on that day cardi...