England
Cricket Australia is still very lofty about ‘The Spirit of Cricket’. After their team’s loutish pleasure in humiliating England, they have a nerve
The Australian captain told one English player to ‘get ready for a broken arm’. Is this really what the Ashes is all about now?
The servant-saint who was held up as an example by her masters
The body of St Zita (Aprl 27) is paraded through the streets of Lucca every year
St George: the soldier-saint of which little is known for sure
St George (April 23) is patron saint not only of England, but also Russia, Palestine, Greece and Catalonia
He might not have stepped foot in England, but don’t denigrate St George
We should be proud of our international soldier-saint
Cardinal O’Brien is surely right about Scottish independence from England: but what about English independence from the Scots?
Just as between England and Ireland, our relationship after independence would be less distorted by mutual resentment
Is it wrong to see a spiritual dimension in the unfolding drama of the Ashes?
After all, the mighty are being put down from their seats and the humble exalted
