Peter Westfield welcomes a hymn book for the twenty-first century ANCIENT & MODERN Hymns and Songs for Refreshing Worship Full music edition (other editions are available) Hymns Ancient & Modern Ltd, 1782pp, hbk 978 1848252424, £30 There is nothing new [...]
Christopher Smith takes issue with Melvyn Bragg, who turns out to be a disciple of Dan Brown Poor Mary Magdalene has been much dragged before the general public in recent years to sell books, films and documentaries. If the tradition [...]
The magic of the musical Tom Sutcliffe reviews The Book of Mormon and reflects on the quality of modern musicals he Book of Mormon, a musical about Latter Day missionaries with a garbled message, swept into the West End after [...]
Arthur Middleton on C.S. Lewis and the importance of reading old books Some years ago I was invited to view the library of a Regional Theological Course. It had no book older than twenty years. In the Introduction to St [...]
Pray for one another Andy Hawes is Warden of Edenham Regional Retreat House It is a natural response to a deeply felt need, in anyone with any Christian sensibility, to ask God to meet it through his mercy. It is [...]
John Herve wonders whether it is all ‘Mumbo Jumbo’ Someone tells you that when they speak they always tell lies. That they are telling lies as they are speaking to you now. So are they, in fact, telling the truth? [...]
the breastplate of righteousness John Mueller offers a practical guide to the heraldry of Anglican clergy ith baited breath heraldic enthusiasts across the world were waiting not to hear who the new pontiff would be, but what arms he would [...]
MURILLO AND JUSTIN DE NEVE The Art of Friendship Dulwich Picture Gallery Until 19 May Admission £10, concessions available THE BRIDE AND THE BACHELORS Duchamp with Cage, Cunningham, Rauschenberg and Johns Barbican Centre Until 9 June Admission £12, concessions available [...]
Sisson is dead He looked out over the ferrous rocks, The tributaries like sorrow descending, Trailing off into the far end of the afternoon. He would reject such personalisation. There are no moods, sensations, similes, But this husk of bread, [...]
long with ND de Rocamadour, one of the very oldest Vierges Noires is ND de Bon Espoir (Our Lady of Good Hope) in the church of ND de Dijon (1: Côte-d’Or), much venerated and credited with saving the city from [...]