Life

C. S. Lewis: At first sight a disappointment

the poet elizabeth jennings reviews a book of reminiscences about c. s. lewis, whom she heard lecture when a student at st anne's college. t...
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Southern African Bishops call for restraint, dialogue in Eswatini

bishops in southern africa are calling for “restraint and a spirit of meaningful dialogue” in the kingdom of eswatini as the government crac...
Staff Reporter

Oxford Dreams

“i am beginning to take active steps to carry out my oxford dreams,” the dominican fr raphael moss confided to his diary on 26 june 1904. hi...
Rev Dr Richard Finn

Priest jailed on terror charges dies awaiting third bail hearing in India

fr stan swami sj (file photo courtesy of jesuits.org )   the 84-year-old fr stan swami sj died just ahead of his third scheduled bail h...
Benwen Lopez

A communion conundrum

until my late father-in-law went into a care home and forgot about church, he’d only missed mass twice in the entire course of his nine deca...
Cressida Connolly

Smaller wedding – stronger sacrament?

i wonder whether we should really be lamenting the latest delay of so-called freedom day quite so much. confusingly, under new rules there w...
Constance Watson

Diary: Paying homage to Our Lady of Lord's

mass during the pandemic has generally been more old than new rite, extraordinary rather than ordinary.  it turns out that many modern ...
Jacob Rees-Mogg

The Passion(fruit) of St Swithin

what an amazingly versatile food an egg is. i well remember as a child the slogan of “go to work on an egg”, the very successful advertising...
Tessa Balfour

Tackling modern slavery head on

modern slavery exists somewhere in the supply chain of every company in britain today, according to peter hugh smith, ceo of investment firm...
Olenka Hamilton

'I've got to be obsessed'

lady antonia fraser greets me from behind a mountain of books as i enter the drawing room in her holland park home. she is sitting, resplend...
Constance Watson