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Catholic Good Schools Guide 2023: Top five prep schools

all hallows east cranmore, somerset headmaster: trevor richards takes: boys and girls, aged 3-13 home to 400 pupils, all hallows has good ac...
The Catholic Herald

The Chemist of Catania, by Alexander Lucie-Smith

the chemist of catania alexander lucie-smith self-published, £5, 235 pages not since ann radcliffe has a british author published a more som...
Georgia L. Gilholy

Kidnapped Nigerian priest and seminarian released by captors

a priest and a seminarian kidnapped in nigeria’s middle belt have been released after three weeks in captivity. fr paul sanogo and brother m...
The Catholic Herald

Q&A with Charlotte Avery of St Mary's School, Cambridge

charlotte avery, head of st mary’s school, cambridge, discusses what attracted her to what is now the only single-sex school in cambrid...
The Catholic Herald

How good was Good Queen Bess?

an ex-anglican re-learns history. it is surprising how many things we accept second hand and assume they are true without questioning them. ...
Gavin Ashenden

Q&A with Johneen McPherson of St Catherine's School, Twickenham

what did you do prior to becoming headmistress of st catherine’s and how long have you been in the role? i have been headmistress for five y...
The Catholic Herald

Q&A with Ben Horan of Prior Park College

what did you do prior to becoming headmaster of prior park college and how long have you been in the role? i joined prior as head in 2019. b...
The Catholic Herald

Q&A with Adam Hall of the Cardinal Pole School

what did you do prior to becoming headmaster of cardinal pole catholic school? i started my career in 2007 teaching religious studies, befor...
The Catholic Herald

Joseph Roth: Riddles and reinvention

endless flight: the life of joseph roth keiron pim granta, £25, 544 pages it is easiest to imagine joseph roth – the most elegaic writer of ...
John Ritzema

Finnish politician on trial for 'hate speech' for defending traditional marriage

finnish politician päivi räsänen is on trial this week for “hate speech” and “ethnic agitation” after publicly sharing in 2019 her biblical,...
Olenka Hamilton