Literature

Marcus Aurelius’s Meditations contain profound moral insights that often resonate with Christian teaching, yet Stoicism ultimately cannot answer the deepest questions about suffering, grace and eternal hope

Clement Harrold

The collapse of criticism as a rigorous practice has left contemporary culture increasingly unable to recognise or cultivate excellence

Lola Salem

François Ozon’s adaptation of Albert Camus’s The Stranger captures the novel’s moral ambiguity while gently widening its perspective

Andrew Cusack

Mark Guiney’s debut introduces Gloria Treddle, a spirited young sleuth whose adventures combine humour, moral clarity and the familiar world of Catholic school life

John-Henry Keenan

Revisiting Winnie-the-Pooh as an adult reveals a work full of wit, warmth and spiritual insight, and a timely antidote to modern anxiety

Clement Harrold

Joseph Pearce and Jan C Bentz examine the theological vision in Tolkien’s fiction, from providence and liturgy to the Catholic imagination

Jan C. Bentz

Medieval mystery plays and Shakespeare point to a culture that once understood wonder and what has been lost in its absence

Dominic Perrem

Following Dante’s journey from the dark wood to the beatific vision invites us to confront our own disordered desires and rediscover the beauty that leads to God

Clement Harrold