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Melanie McDonagh

‘Christmas without Bach is unthinkable’
December 15, 2022
One of the paradoxes of the modern Christmas is that we spend a terrific amount on the celebration before the feast and then terminate it abruptly just as it should be going strong. So, the festive season starts sometime in late November, and culminates on Christmas Day, with another effort at festivity on New Year’s
Confessions: A Life of Failed Promises by A N Wilson
October 01, 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
Christians under threat in East Jerusalem
April 29, 2022
Hardline Jewish settler groups are making life difficult for Christians, says Melanie McDonagh
John Wilkins, the ‘lovable’ former editor of the Tablet, dies at 85
April 26, 2022
John Wilkins was editor of The Tablet for 21 years until 2003. He had previously been assistant editor of the paper in 1967 but left to join the BBC, rejoining it as editor in 1982. During his time as editor, circulation of The Tablet almost tripled. He was born in 1936, he went to Clare
‘A radical expression of faith’
March 30, 2022
Half a millennium after its foundation, what is the Society of Jesus’s purpose today? Melanie McDonagh speaks to Jesuit Provincial Fr Damian Howard
Glimpses of glory
October 14, 2021
The acclaimed English composer Will Todd is a self-described ‘ambassador for liturgy’ whose passion for sacred music informs his life and work, he tells Melanie McDonagh
Holding Cromwell to account
September 01, 2021
Melanie McDonagh reviews The Making of Oliver Cromwell, 
by Ronald Hutton
The Vatican’s trials: Pell’s Redemption
August 04, 2021
Melanie McDonagh on how the Vatican Trial of the century highlights the injustice to Cardinal Pell
Full Marx for the Dominican
July 29, 2021
Melanie McDonagh remembers left-leaning theologian Herbert McCabe
Fighting for victims
July 01, 2021
The new head of the CSSA, prosecutor Nazir Afzal, talks to Melanie McDonagh about low expectations, his faith and his passion for protecting the vulnerable
A non-conformist life
May 01, 2021
Dorothy L Sayers found fulfilment in the life of the mind, if not in others, writes Melanie McDonagh
Holy Knights: Meeting the Order of the Holy Sepulchre
May 01, 2021
Melanie McDonagh is impressed by the fundraising – and regalia – of the Order’s English lieutenancy
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