FROM RUSSIA Royal Academy of Arts 26 January-18 April Admission £11 'Charles,' said Cordelia, 'modern art is all bosh, isn't it?' 'Great bosh.' And so two of the more sympathetic characters in Evelyn Waugh's Brideshead Revisited rubbish the art of [...]
Zimbabwe Nicolas Stebbing cr on recent visits It all began after a Greek class four years ago. A student asked me, 'Please Father, could you take me to Zimbabwe?' I was amazed. An English student wanting to go to my [...]
The Times, 18 February 2020 The Grand Mufti of Canterbury and Lady Margaret Professor of Divinity in the University of Oxford, Dr Mona al-Aqa'bba announced today proposals for new laws to protect the interests of Christians and other minorities in [...]
Caught in the middle From the Archdeacon of Bromley May I be permitted to respond to Simon Heans's article in the January edition. Firstly, whenever I facilitate a Ministerial Review it is conducted on the clear understanding that any thoughts [...]
Keeping up with Forward in Faith News online Did you know that you can arrange to receive an email each time a new Breaking News story appears on the Forward in Faith Website? Apparently, less than 800 of you take [...]
Cheap shot There are of course two kinds of bishops: those who read New Directions and are happy to own up to the fact, and those who read New Directions but claim to bin it each month without opening it. [...]
ST ANDREW, HECKINGTON, LINCS For the Decorated Style Lincolnshire is the best county of all.' Pevsner says so, therefore it must be true. And Sleaford must be the centre of the best area; as you travel around, you are never [...]
Geoffrey Kirk takes a closer look at Archbishop Rowan Williams' controversial lecture on law, and finds more problems with its form than with its content The easiest way to organize a standing ovation is to get people to clap when [...]
Arthur Middleton on John Keble, whose day is 29 March Keble's conviction that he belonged to the apostolic order with its roots in Christ formed the very character of his priesthood. It was a sacramental character and any priest worth [...]
Children of Mary Fr John Gribben cr I am an unashamed fan of the Harry Potter books and I have gained particular enjoyment from the final volume. The theme of a mothers sacrificial and redemptive love runs through all seven [...]