I am not a natural for this kind of thing. I cringe inwardly when people shout at us, as they occasionally do. But I hope we make people think
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Francis Phillips
Francis Phillips reviews books for the Catholic Herald.
Peter Hitchens defends marriage on the Today programme. Good for him
Monday, 1 November 2010
Pressure is mounting to change the status of civil partnerships to actual marriage
Lapsed Catholics, come back
Thursday, 28 October 2010
Sheila Cassidy’s new book ‘Confessions of a Lapsed Catholic’ points to a faith that has not matured
Why Sherlock Holmes played the violin
Monday, 25 October 2010
Sherlock Holmes, Rilke and Mozart help illuminate the unconscious on BBC Radio 4
Start the Week showed that atheists and Christians can argue in a civilised fashion
Tuesday, 19 October 2010
Whatever Lady Warnock’s views, she made her case carefully and courteously
Cuddly Claire Rayner believed it was selfish to have children with Down’s Syndrome
Thursday, 14 October 2010
As the mother of a girl with Down’s Syndrome, I disagree
Funerals that pay tribute to the foibles and frailties of the deceased make me deeply uneasy
Monday, 11 October 2010
A Requiem Mass I was at this morning was highly unusual in one respect: there was no panegyric of the dead
Roger Scruton would approve of David Cameron’s Big Society
Friday, 8 October 2010
He could have provided a philosophic commentary to this week’s party conference
St Francis would have abhorred factory farming
Monday, 4 October 2010
And he could have taught Buddhists a thing or two about respect for animals
No wonder Downton Abbey is a success: it shows what English people were like before we were spoilt rotten
We long for a habit of politeness and respect that parents no longer instil in their children