Life

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

Why capital punishment is not the answer to evil

inflicting harm for harm's sake is anathema to human nature.  we recoil from people who relish causing deliberate but needless pai...
Nicholas Reed Langen

Doing the right thing the wrong way: Schools should ensure the charities partnered with share values

schools should make sure the charities they work with share the same values, says gertrude clarke. this new term is something of a milestone...
Gertrude Clarke

Catholic Herald Good Schools Guide 2023: Introduction

this year, having got more than the all-clear from ofsted, ampleforth is back in the top ten along with two new additions: girls’ school the...
Olenka Hamilton

The Catholic response to protest

piety and prayer may be more effective than demonstrations on the streets. in wareham, dorset, there is an anglican curate, the revd hilary ...
Gavin Ashenden

Sustaining the world's oldest alliance at World Youth Day

on his way to world youth day, tom colsy enjoys the prodigious hospitality of a herald reader in lisbon.  i was walking down the boulev...
Tom Colsy