Life

Netflix's 'Human Playground' reminds us that play is fundamental to our existence

a bull has the ability to charge at you at up to 35mph. there are 10 40  possible moves in chess. if a cue ball hits half of the intend...
Karl Gustel Warnberg

Housekeeper’s husband officially charged in murder of LA Auxiliary Bishop O’Connell

carlos medina, the suspect in the murder of los angeles auxiliary bishop david o’connell, was arraigned in state court wednesday and formall...
Joe Bukuras

Roald Dahl rewrites: will the Bible be next?

i made the mistake over christmas of letting my kids watch home alone and they have since been rounded up and placed into a young offender’s...
Katherine Bennett

Judge dismisses 'thought crime' case against duo who prayed outside abortion clinic

a judge in birmingham has acquitted a catholic priest and a pregnancy counsellor of so-called “thought crimes” after police charged the pair...
Simon Caldwell

Irish teacher's religious objection to gender affirmation backed by the science

enoch burke was originally suspended from his role as a secondary school teacher at wilson’s hospital school in ireland for refusing to reco...
Dualta Roughneen

Valentine’s Day diary from Ukraine

by brooks newmark  i have ended up on february 14 in odesa, an old port city on the black sea in southern ukraine. my wife lucy flew ou...
The Catholic Herald

UK charity Mary's Meals is feeding 2.5 million vulnerable children - and it needs your help

(photo: little josephine has uk charity mary's meals to thank for her lunch at school every day) in the dry and unforgiving landscape of tur...
Thomas Black

The legend of the Minotaur comes to Oxford

the sainsbury exhibition galleries at the ashmolean museum in oxford aren’t the largest space in the world, and on entry labyrinth: knossos,...
Mary Walker

Same-sex blessings vote shows the CoE favours secular consensus over Christianity

we don’t know who coined the phrase: “whoever was first to discover water, it wasn’t the fish.” but einstein liked it enough to borrow it: “...
Gavin Ashenden

Priest charged over free speech protest outside abortion clinic

(fr sean gough was charged with 'intimidating service users' | adf) police charged a catholic priest after he held up a sign with the words ...
Simon Caldwell