Arthur Middleton offers extracts from Newman’s letters regarding the Oxford Movement From a letter to John Bowden, a close friend of Newman from undergraduate days, and a lay supporter of the Oxford Movement, 31 August 1833: As to the [...]
Michael Fisher reflects on the canonisation of Blessed John Newman ‘If I looked into a mirror and did not see my face, I should have the kind of feeling which actually comes upon me when I look into this [...]
Unto Your Holy Altar Intended for Communion and Eucharistic Adoration Unto Your Holy Altar, Sweet Jesus draw us near. And, lest our footsteps wander, We pray You hold us dear. On paten and in chalice Dear Jesus, manifest [...]
S MARY MAGDALENE, GEDDINGTON, NORTHANTS Spires define Northamptonshire, much as they do parts of Lincolnshire, and Geddington’s got a fine example from the 14th-15th c, with octagonal spire. The body of the church attached to it is pretty fine, [...]
God in Creation Andy Hawes Harvest time: ‘season of mists and mellow fruitfulness.’ For several years I have had the great privilege to conduct a quiet day in a church set in a National Trust property, Gunby Hall [...]
Arthur Middleton considers the influence of the divines In the July edition, Fr Andy Hawes’ letter made a request that the Society lay claim to the orthodoxy that is at the heart of the Anglican patrimony. This was the [...]
John Gayford writes about the prologue of St John’s Gospel In ancient Greek drama a prologue was poetic, of fluid form, and served as introduction or pre-statement of what was to follow. This was not a feature of Hebrew [...]
William Davage remembers his days at Pusey House Perhaps the saddest line in English literature is when Sir Andrew Aguecheek says, ‘I was adored once too...’ It speaks of the transient, impermanent nature of love, almost bereavement. I feel [...]
Tom Sutcliffe is in Salzburg In 1996, when my book, Believing in Opera, about the theatre side of performing opera, came out, I went to the Aix-en-Provence Festival to review Semele, and for the following five years when I [...]
art Leonardo Da Vinci A Life in Drawing The Queen’s Gallery until 13th October The last big Leonardo exhibition in London was back in 2011/12. It showed seven paintings by Leonardo. Or possibly eight if you include [...]