Bishops of The Society will be celebrating the following Chrism Masses:   Richborough Wednesday 10 April 7.30 pm St Hugh, Eyres Monsell, Leicester   Richborough Saturday 13 April 11.00 am Portsmouth Cathedral   Beverley Sunday 14 April 6.00 pm St [...]

SAINT MICHAEL, SHEPTON BEAUCHAMP, SOMERSET   Shepton Beauchamp’s a pretty village in a remote setting near Ilminster, and like many Somerset churches it has a rather fine tower with a splendid west window, built around 1480. If you look closely [...]

Steven Haws CR considers the legacy of Charles Gore   One of the great Anglican thinkers and teachers of the twentieth century, according to Michael Ramsey, former Archbishop of York and Canterbury, was Charles Gore (1853–1932). He was Principal of [...]

Tom Sutcliffe considers reputations   When I sold advertisement space on Music & Musicians magazine from 1968 and edited it from the December 1970 issue (devoted to the Beethoven sesquicentenary), press officers, concert agents and orchestral managers were a big [...]

Graham Draper considers the work of Francis Thompson   Thompson was addicted to opium for much of his life, which was no doubt responsible for him being homeless on the streets of London for three years. He left medical school [...]

Andrew Burton remembers Fr George Austin   George Austin was one of the most remarkable priests produced by the Church of England in the latter half of the twentieth century, and certainly one of the best known. He was a [...]

Thurifer considers a scented candle   ‘Where do you stand on scented candles?’ The question did not come out of the blue. We were in the relevant section of a leading department store. It was not, however, a subject that [...]

Art   Pierre Bonnard: The Colour of Memory Tate Modern until 6 May 2019   This is a large show of a hundred paintings plus drawings and photographs. The photographs are very small. It is also the first major show [...]

Christopher Smith explores the mysterious world of modern victimhood   I have generally been hiding from news broadcasts recently, but I did pick up on a story that seems to have had little exposure outside the United States, but which [...]

During the February sessions of the General Synod this year two important motions were brought before the meeting for debate. Both of these were proposed by members of the Catholic Group and we commend them to our readers for further [...]