BOUCHER AND CHARDIN Masters of Modern Manners The Wallace Collection 12 June - 7 September Admission free This is another in the Wallace's series of small, but select, exhibitions which complement its own collection with important small-scale loans from other [...]
Greece Festival at the seaside The Greeks, like other Mediterranean peoples, are noted for enjoying their festivals. Our summer sojourn includes August, and therefore the great Deka-pente, the 15th, the Dormition of the Mother of God. This is preceded, from [...]
News briefing to the press from Lambeth Conference Supremo, Steve Blumenthal l know what you lot will be writing. Ruth is probably well into My Lambeth Hell II and the rest of you will be making silly jokes about the [...]
A message from the Chairman The vote in General Synod on the proposal for Women Bishops will have been a real shock to many in our parishes. This is not the time for rapid decisions or knee-jerk reactions but rather [...]
Don't panic! Disaster was averted time and time again at the General Synod in York last month, when eagle-eyed security personnel prevented members of the Church entering the public gallery armed with a startling array of weapons; amongst items safely [...]
ST ANDREW, WESTHALL, SUFFOLK You'll need an OS map or a friendly native to help you find this church tucked away in a wooded valley outside the village. Enter by the north porch, and walk across into the tower. Only [...]
Geoffrey Kirk finds the niceness of a nice bishop hard to take How did it happen? The question is one that Synod members have been asking since the remarkable vote on Monday July 7. It was not supposed to be [...]
Arthur Middleton on 'that they may be one' A former Synod member observing the July Synod said that the spirit of it was the most 'vindictive' he had ever experienced. This is what happens when politics supplants the faith of [...]
St Catherine of Alexandria How do the defeated find encouragement? How does the minority see its hope of victory in the face of a rampant majority? How do the persecuted come to terms with their downfall? In Christian art and [...]
Luke's account of the Transfiguration incorporates many themes found throughout his gospel Patrick Henry Reardon is a Senior Editor of Touchstone: A Journal of Mere Christianity St Luke, in his portrayal of the Lords Transfiguration [9.28-36], displays certain features proper [...]