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When the wind has flayed the trees: melancholia and the season

melancholy memories are part of the christmas experience for many . every advent sunday, i turn to a lovely poem by former archbishop of can...
Niall Gooch

EXCLUSIVE: Don’t blame young if they turn to tradition in age of confusion, says Schneider

whenever one prepares to meet people of high moral stature or rank, there is always a temptation to consider them also in physically grandio...
Simon Caldwell

Shane MacGowan on 'seeking the eternal buzz'

the 19th-century french poet arthur rimbaud was known for his piety as a boy. receiving his first holy communion at the age of 11, his rever...
Karl Gustel Warnberg

The music is good, but a new musical about the Gunpowder Plot lacks direction

too wordy and worthy? the music is good, but a new musical about the gunpowder plot lacks direction, says ferdie rous . in treason , we have...
Ferdie Rous

A Christmas Alleluia!

at this time of year, we should celebrate god’s gift of his life and the gift of our salvation, writes john studzinski . “alleluia!” around ...
John Studzinski

An apocalyptic band sees the world through the incarnation of Christ

an apocalyptic band sees the world through the incarnation of christ. it was around this time of year three years ago that i encountered the...
Katherine Bennett

Liam Neeson will narrate Advent reflections inspired by C.S Lewis on Catholic prayer app

veteran actor liam neeson will narrate a series of advent reflections on a catholic prayer and meditation app, it has been announced. neeson...
Tom Colsy

Interview: soon-to-be-Catholic Tammy Peterson on marriage, religion and the power of femininity

tammy peterson is becoming a catholic.  she will be received into the church at easter.  any school rebranding their house system ...
Katherine Bennett

The modern Advent calendar and our descent into vice

every time a journalist phones me i remind myself of oscar wilde’s warning, “the difference between literature and journalism is that j...
Gavin Ashenden

Finding colour among Frans Hals’s black-swathed Protestant subjects

haarlem showstoppers. was frans hals a catholic or a protestant? it’s a question which steven nadler fretted about in the portraitist: frans...
Arabella Illingworth