Interview

On pilgrimage with Joanna Bogle

where would you go? i’d go to walsingham. i love it. i’ve been on genuine pilgrimages, on foot, by coach – which you can keep; i loathe coac...

The Catholic Herald

On the fall of Satan

on the first sunday in july, we read from the beginning of luke 10 about christ sending out 72 of his disciples as heralds of his coming. th...

Fr Richard Ounsworth OP

Muscular Christianity

eights week in oxford always heralds the approach of midsummer. the various college boats strive to outdo each other on the river, with triu...

Serenhedd James

An "outstanding" opera and some "memorable" interpretations of Bach

margaret attwood’s scary story of existence under a pernicious christian fundamentalist regime,  the handmaid’s tale , made grim readin...

John Wilkins, the 'lovable' former editor of the Tablet, dies at 85

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

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

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

Odessa bishop claims Putin is "possessed by the Devil"

odessa, ukraine bishop stanislav shyrokoradiuk pulls no punches when asked about russian president putin's motivation for invading ukraine. ...

Exhibition review: The World of Stonehenge

there is a certain apophatic quality to  the world of stonehenge  at the british museum, which is defined by the absence at its ce...

Serenhedd James

Reading through the Lenten desert

graham greene’s novel, the heart of the matter, begins with an aphorism from charles péguy: “le pécheur est au coeur même chrétienté.... nul...