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Victoria Seed
Literary Helpdesk: 2nd (3rd?) Lockdown Edition (revised and extended)
Lucas Hollweg
Friday supper: Sea bass, avocado and Seville orange ceviche
Ken Craycraft
Open Letter to President Biden
Leticia Ochoa Adams
Eyes and Ears
Colin Brazier
Remembering Sir Roger Scruton
Christopher Altieri
Hearing Dr. King in Time
Downton Abbey
Downton may not ‘do God’ but it certainly does anti-Catholicism
November 18, 2015
Downton is accurate in at least one regard in that it gives us a taster of anti-Catholic prejudice
What’s inside this week’s magazine?
October 01, 2015
A sneak preview of this week's issue
TV review: Good riddance to bogus Downton
October 01, 2015
Downton tells us nothing truthful about 1925
Death is not always ‘a terrible tragedy’
September 10, 2015
Death in old age is a natural process which we must all eventually face
The Orthodox guide to surviving Advent
December 01, 2014
There’s no need to adopt their fasting rules, but we can learn quite a bit from the Russians’ preparations for Christmas
The romantic but violent story of the real White Queen
July 24, 2013
Elizabeth Woodville was an extraordinary and beautiful woman whose descendents still rule us
Don’t believe in Downton: what life ‘below stairs’ was really like
April 04, 2013
A new book gives an eye-opening account of the history of servants in Britain
Morning Catholic must-reads: 11/02/13
February 11, 2013
A daily guide to what's happening in the Catholic Church
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