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There is more to ‘The Blue Rider’ Expressionists than Tate Modern’s ‘transgressive gender aspects’
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A disastrous attempt to ‘reform’ the Irish Church
October 05, 2017
The Irish Church, its Reform and the English Invasion by Donnchadh Ó Corráin, Four Courts, £30 Most people, when they hear about conflict between the Irish and English, think of the great famine of the 19th century or “the Troubles”. But there is a full 800 years of history to consider. Donnchadh Ó Corráin, emeritus
‘We have to be a very quiet Church’
September 21, 2017
In Abu Dhabi, the Catholic community of St Joseph’s Cathedral and St Thérèse Church nestles beside Anglican, Orthodox and Evangelical churches. Watching over this little Christian enclave is the four-minaret Mary, Mother of Jesus mosque next door. As the call to prayer pierces the air, parish priest Fr Johnson Kadukanmakal observes: “It’s a bit of
Fine art: The beautiful remains of a shattered dream
August 24, 2017
Bonnie Prince Charlie and the Jacobites National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh, until November 12 Bonnie Prince Charlie, born in exile in Rome in 1720 and buried there in 1788, spent a mere 14 months in Scotland: in 1745-6 and a brief clandestine return visit in 1750. However, he left behind legends and a true legacy
Edinburgh Festival: Not all political theatre is dreary
August 17, 2017
The Edinburgh Festival’s 70th birthday kicked off with Bloom, an impressive light show with music and images projecting 70 years of news onto the buildings of St Andrew Square. Scottish independence, Trump and Brexit are the prial of political themes this year, in places large and small. In a feat of theatrical therapy, more than
Macron’s popularity is collapsing as France faces a winter of upheaval
August 15, 2017
Archbishop Georges Pontier's call for a national unity will likely go unheeded as the nation heads for strikes and social unrest
How the American Dream got started
August 03, 2017
Emigrants by James Evans, Weidenfeld, £20 America, more than any other nation, has been filled with myths of aspiration since its founding. President Ronald Reagan eulogised the “city on a hill” to popularise American hopes in the 1980s, invoking these aspirational words from a sermon by John Winthrop delivered at sea in 1630 on the
Macron has more in common with Trump than he’d like to admit
July 14, 2017
Trump's populism and Macron's haughty liberalism are, in substance, not significantly different
The rape victim who forgave her attacker
June 15, 2017
In 1996, Thordis Elva, an Icelandic teenager, was raped for two hours by Tom Stranger, her Australian boyfriend. Some years later they embarked on a journey of forgiveness, first by email and then by meeting up for a week in Cape Town. South of Forgiveness is a diary of the week the two spent together
Catholics have an opportunity in the wake of Macron’s revolution
May 08, 2017
French Catholics played a surprisingly large role in the campaign. They now have a fight on their hands
Theatre: The art world satire that never gets old
January 05, 2017
Art, at the Old Vic in London, is a play about art and friendship, but mostly about friendship. Don’t let the 5ft by 4ft white canvas with white stripes on a white background – the “art” of the play – distract you. The play focuses on the friendship between three men, Serge (Rufus Sewell), a
So long, Leonard: thank you for helping me to find God
November 11, 2016
He was mocked as a miserablist, but he brought beauty out of the gloom
Dialogue, not trigger warnings, will help us relate to each other
September 30, 2016
We should be wary of well-meaning attempts to regulate speech - even when they're supposed to protect Catholics
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