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The myth of Biden the moderate
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Robert Halfon’s Diary: I have a confession about my last visit to Poundland
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The Church in Britain can do more for young black Catholics
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We can honour our forebears in spite of their flaws
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Without Lourdes, Grace Kelly might never have become Monaco’s Princess
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Critical scorn has been poured on a three-part BBC documentary about the principality of Monaco (Monaco – Playground of the Rich, now available on...
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We are not great iconoclasts in Britain. It has been quite unusual, in recent centuries, for offensive images and statuary to be thrown down...
More than a hundred US Catholic schools are closing – and it could get worse
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As someone who spent a career teaching RE at Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of Glasgow, I always wanted to share fully the Church’s...
Tom Holland: Hagia Sophia is, or was, Christianity’s greatest church
August 6, 2020
In 532, amid the worst riots ever to sweep Constantinople, the Cathedral of the Holy Wisdom – Hagia Sophia – went up in flames....
The myth of Biden the moderate
August 6, 2020
In the eyes of some, Joe Biden is a strong moderate who in beating Bernie Sanders showed that he can rein in the Democratic...
Robert Halfon’s Diary: I have a confession about my last visit to Poundland
August 6, 2020
If there is a sequel to The Truman Show, which starred the extraordinary Jim Carrey as a man whose entire life is a TV...
The Church in Britain can do more for young black Catholics
August 6, 2020
On August 1 – by the time you read this – I will become the first British-born black priest of Brentwood diocese. While that’s...
A precious victory: How pro-lifers won a parliamentary battle
August 6, 2020
At the start of July, something unexpected happened: Britain’s pro-life movement, long accustomed to being on the losing side, scored a victory in parliament....
Why totalitarian regimes make so many martyrs
August 6, 2020
The history of the Church is written in the blood of the martyrs. Amongst that white-robed army the class of 1945 wrote some bold...
We can honour our forebears in spite of their flaws
August 6, 2020
Last month, Loyola University in Maryland removed the name of the novelist Flannery O’Connor from a residence hall. The administration of the Jesuit university...
John Sutherland: Orwell only deserves half his halo
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The statue least likely to need Sadiq Khan’s protective box is, surely, that of George Orwell alongside Broadcasting House. But we should remove half...
Without Lourdes, Grace Kelly might never have become Monaco’s Princess
July 24, 2020
Critical scorn has been poured on a three-part BBC documentary about the principality of Monaco (Monaco – Playground of the Rich, now available on...
Many great novels are offensive. But could it be otherwise?
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More than a hundred US Catholic schools are closing – and it could get worse
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