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Gertrude Clarke

Integralism: How Catholics can lose friends and alienate people
September 23, 2023
In 1911, RH Benson, the Catholic convert son of the Archbishop of Canterbury, wrote a book called The Dawn of All, set in 1973. This offered an account of an England returned to Christendom and embracing a kind of government which saw the interests of Church and state as identical, for almost everyone was Catholic,
Doing the right thing the wrong way: Schools should ensure the charities partnered with share values
August 30, 2023
Schools should make sure the charities they work with share the same values, says Gertrude Clarke. This new term is something of a milestone. For my 16-year-old daughter, after five years in a Catholic state girls’ school, she’ll be joining a Catholic state boys’ school that’s coeducational in sixth form. She’s already talking darkly about
Gwen John gives room for reflection
August 02, 2023
Gwen John comes into her own at this excellent show at Pallant House, finds Gertrude Clark. Gwen John is invariably – and inevitably – described as the sister of Augustus John, but the curator of Gwen John: Art and Life in London and Paris, Alicia Foster (who wrote about her in last month’s issue), is
Deeper insight into Mary, Queen of Scots
March 01, 2023
A moving and insightful treasure trove of her ‘lost letters’ has been discovered online, writes Gertrude Clark.
Nitisma: The fast way to happiness
March 01, 2023
When was the last time you saw a book on Greek Orthodoxy with encomiums from Jamie Oliver and Claudia Roden on the cover? Well, this is what you get with Georgina Hayden’s Nistisima. It’s a book about fasting food – which is what the title means – from a Greek Orthodox (Cypriot) perspective; and the
Long Christmas: Let’s keep the party going
January 02, 2023
The old ways have much to commend them, writes Gertrude Clark
Sanctifying the world
December 02, 2022
Gertrude Clarke goes to hear George Weigel’s new take on Vatican II
Laypeople will need to step up if the Irish church declines any further
October 26, 2022
What are we to make of the condition of the Irish clergy as seen in an analysis by the Association of Catholic Priests in their annual meeting in Athlone last week? Their report shows that 547 priests of the 2,100 working priests in the Irish Church are aged between 61 and 75 and nearly 300
Admitting mistakes with wit and wisdom by A N Wilson
October 19, 2022
AN Wilson’s Confessions is subtitled “A Life of Failed Promises”, which is a little harsh for one of the most consistently lively and entertaining writers and one of the kindest of men. I have known AN since he was literary editor of the Evening Standard, which followed his time as literary editor of the Spectator.
Faith in film
October 01, 2022
You have to say there is such a thing as good and evil. And nowadays it’s controversial to say that there are good things and bad things, that it’s not all subjective
Fresh start Fra’
October 01, 2022
Gertrude Clarke meets Max Rumney, the Order of Malta’s new English Grand Prior
A tale for our times
August 12, 2022
The novel has a reputation as an enigmatic curiosity. Yet its pertinence is obvious for our time, given our preoccupation with questions of race and colonialism
The retail sector is stealing Christmas
November 10, 2021
Christmas is the ultimate commercial imperative.
French abuse scandal will wreak unprecedented damage
October 06, 2021
The findings in France are a devastating indictment of a rotten culture.
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