Arts & Books
Did Shakespeare hide subversive messages in his poems?
Simon Caldwell on a fruitful search for hidden meanings
Why the Soviet Union couldn’t replace Christianity
The Soviets’ effort to forge an atheistic state was an abject failure, argues Jack Carrigan
Sister Wendy Beckett: the early years
The art critic, who died last month, made her debut in these pages. The rest is history
While the National Youth Orchestra exists, there is still hope
There is a terrible dearth of music education in Britain’s schools, so it’s wonderful to see some young people still interested in classical music
A unique yet universal journey into the Church
Tim Stanley admires a story of atheism, theocracy, postmodernism… and grace
Fellini’s films mingle piety with paganism
Fellini’s films captured Rome’s character, says Ian Thomson
The quest for the ‘historical Jesus’ started early in Asia
Jonathan Wright on how Asian authors re-imagined Christ
A troubled unbeliever walks to Jerusalem
A young man finds healing on the road. By Charlie Hegarty
How a shy poet became a Victorian muse
David V Barrett on the reclusive, frail and devout Christina Rossetti
