Christopher Smith wonders whether we might all soon be in Dan Walker’s shoes How wonderful it is that we have arrived in Eastertide once more. Now we can tuck into those cup-cakes that we were given at the railway station [...]

Arthur Middleton Poetry is essentially for John Keble a relief to the poet – the utterance of feelings that struggle for expression, but which are too deep to be expressed perfectly in the prose of daily life. Feeling of any [...]

Arthur Middleton returns to Bishop William Beveridge Preparation for Holy Communion is not a high priority in the contemporary Church. Michael Ramsey expressed his concern about this in his essay on the Parish Communion in his Durham Essays and Addresses. [...]

Songs and silence Andy Hawes is Warden of Edenham Regional Retreat House St Augustine must have loved a good sing. It was he who described Christians as an ‘Easter people’ whose song is ‘Alleluia!’; and he encouraged those daunted by [...]

We are delighted that Bishop Tony Robinson, Chairman of the Council of Bishops of The Society, has contributed this month’s Editorial. I hope that all readers of New Directions have been inspired and renewed by the celebration of another Easter. [...]

DELACROIX AND THE RISE OF MODERN ART National Gallery until 22 May This show is an argument, and is ideal for people who go to art galleries to argue. The argument is that Delacroix – through his subjective use of [...]

Our chef shares his fondness for breast and shoulder As the joy of the Resurrection is proclaimed in church by the restoration of Alleluia to the Mass and Office, so too is the Paschal triumph made known at the table. [...]

A bridge too far? Life can be a series of ironies. My contribution to the genre is that penury has constrained me to live in London – the most expensive city in the country, if not the world – and [...]

Brailes was no end of a town in the Middle Ages, the third largest in Warwickshire, so they built a great church here; that town is now no more than a village, but the church remains, dominated by its tall [...]

Allan Barton on the Golden Legend William Caxton was a London merchant who, in his middle age, decided to invest in new technology and diversify his business. Having lived and worked on the Continent in the 1450s and 60s, he [...]