Rowan Williams considers our accountability to one another AS I write, I’m waiting to hear the outcome of the US General Convention’s debates; it’s an interesting tine (to put it mildly) to be reflecting on the nature of Anglicanism. But [...]
Alistair Hodkinson reports on development plans at Auckland Saint Helen One of the many impressive things about the beautiful Grade 1 medieval parish church of Auckland S. Helen is that, since 1170, it has managed to serve its County Durham [...]
Anna James reports ‘If they should be written every one, I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that should be written.’ John 21.25 ‘Every library should try to be complete on something, if it [...]
Rodney Marshall remembers a faithful priest Well, dear friends we’ve come together today to say our farewell to one of the best-known and best-loved priests in our diocese, and indeed in the whole of the Church of England. His fame [...]
Thurifer has been out and about Belatedly I have read Outlandish Knight: The Byzantine Life of Steven Runciman by Minoo Dinsha: outstandingly good, beautifully written in sinuous, nuanced prose. His publishing debut, it shows that genes tell. Son of the [...]
Tom Sutcliffe feels things have gotten to a low-ebb You would think Carmen was a work Covent Garden should do for itself - as it always has. A new production was announced with Mariame Clément directing. But no. The new [...]
Art Modigliani Tate Modern until April 2nd, 2018 He was shy, passionate, darkly handsome and sensitive – women adored Amedeo Modigliani (1884-1920). His mistress Jeanne Hébeturne loved him so much that within a few days of his early [...]
Christopher Smith considers the matter of covenant, from Noah to the Methodists It’s that time of year again, and I hope your Lent has begun well. Being a parish priest, of course, I trust you are availing yourself of some [...]
Amongst one of the more pressing issues for Christians in the modern world is the issue of the sanctity of human life. We are fortunate to live in a country where the death penalty is no longer used, but there [...]
Arthur Middleton on loving learning and desiring God ‘This is the famous stone That tumeth all to gold, For that which God doth touch and own Cannot for lesse be told.’ George Herbert, ‘The Elixir,’ in The Temple, Herbert’s Works, [...]