Martin Hislop offers some spiritual advice to his parishioners Everybody has a Pearl Harbour: For many people it may have been the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis. For younger people it’s September 11, 2001. For today’s younger people it’s the coronavirus [...]
Luke Miller explores the practicalities of caring for the bereaved in a time of lockdown Towards the beginning of lockdown I was interviewed on a webinar for a youth group. I was talking about the work I have been doing [...]
Edward Dowler considers the church in lockdown The mantra stay at home; protect the NHS; save lives, although recently modified at the time of writing this article, has become more than familiar over the past few weeks. We have seen [...]
John Tomlinson introduces an important new study During the summer and autumn of last year I had the privilege and the pleasure of visiting several parish priests and congregations of the Catholic Tradition across the north of England. The experience [...]
S. MICHAEL AND ALL ANGELS, KERRY, POWYS Judging by the circular churchyard, this is an early site; there’s probably been a church ded- icated to Saint Michael and All Angels at Kerry for a millennium or more, certainly [...]
Simon Cotton considers the Eighteenth Century Church The small village of Tyberton lies on a byroad in the depths of rural Herefordshire. Its small brick church is obviously 18th century: as you approach, you note the absence of an East [...]
From Dr Simon Cotton Sir, Nigel Palmer’s interesting article on Pusey (April ND) mentions his aristocratic background; as Nigel Aston pointed out some years ago, that also acted as a doctrinal source for him. His grandfather on the maternal side [...]
John Gayford on the origin and history of the Gospel attributed to St. Matthew The very early church after Pentecost had no need for scriptures; they already heard and possibly read Hebrew, Greek or Aramaic versions of the Old Testament. [...]
Thurifer remains in Hampstead An ambition to cultivate a talent for idleness was long thwarted. The continuing quarantine was not without a degree of quiet satisfaction. Domestic tasks were undertaken more methodically and regularly. I had other work to do [...]
Art Titian: Love, Desire, DeathNational Gallery until 14th June, 2020 New Directions reviews exhibitions which are open for the whole month of the issue in which the review is published. This exhibition was suspended three days after its opening and [...]