Downside

As on old boy, I think we must face up to a dismal truth about the school

‘I would recommend the Sally Lunn bun to anybody,’ Dom Christopher Calascione says

The recipes were found in a handwritten book in the library at Downside Abbey in Somerset.

My friend Gerry’s Vatican flag had been lowered ever since Pius XII died

Remembering a friend who had a life-long passion for history and a deep-rooted faith

An warm account of significant figures with close links to the English Benedictine community

Monks and other members of staff at Downside are now being treated with caution

Auberon Waugh loathed the school and was beaten regularly by its headmaster. He took revenge through journalism