Life

No greater nightmare

a ray of hope might be on the horizon for campaigners and parents seeking to challenge the absolute power of the nhs and the courts in decid...

Can a secular school have a ‘religious-type’ ethos?

katherine birbalsingh, also known as “britain’s strictest headteacher”, is not shy of media attention. on the very day that i talk to her th...

What St Thomas Aquinas can teach the teacher

we cannot hope to achieve an end without knowing what the end is. an archer will not hit the bullseye – except by fluke – unless he can see ...

Dominic Sullivan

The steep and rugged pathway

february promises longer days and the first glimmers of spring, but its arrival also heralds the approach of lent on 2 march. ash wednesday ...

Can today’s novels do God?

it is little surprise that many agnostic novelists are drawn to religion as a theme: it is dramatic, colourful, and it heightens moral dilem...

Loss and gain

there was consternation in oxford when the news went round – like wildfire, as this sort of news invariably does – that the pro-vice-chancel...

Serenhedd James

Lost your bottle? Turn to Mary

last saturday, i found myself – not for the first time and definitely not for the last – at a hen party. the minute you turn 30, hen parties...

Constance Watson

Diary: Finding the right church in the Big Apple

i had never lived in new york city before i moved to manhattan in 2018. it was daunting to come as a fully formed adult with a 14-year-old c...

Janine di Giovanni

Why we need Black History Month

in the united states, february is designated as black history month. the uk similarly designates october of each year. while, of course, the...

Dutch Adrian: the Pope nobody wanted

after the death of pope leo x on 1 december 1521, the papal conclave witnessed opposing factions of french and spanish cardinals deadlocked ...