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Cracking the Tudors’ courtly code

August 28, 2021

Alison Weir reviews Sarah Gristwood's new exploration of courtly love in the Tudor age: "The Tudors in Love: The Courtly Code Behind the Last Medieval Dynasty"

When the Church over-reached

August 27, 2021

The Rise and Fall of Christian Ireland Crawford Gribben Oxford University Press, £25, 352 pages _________ There is a growing literature about the demise of Irish Christianity. The latest comes from Crawford Gribben of Queen’s University, Belfast. It is called, simply, The Rise and Fall of Christian Ireland and it is a broad, sweeping, readable

A new slant on timeless tales

August 27, 2021

Greek Myths: A New Retelling Charlotte Higgins Jonathan Cape, £20, 336 pages ________ In Ancient Greek, mythos simply meant a traditional story – and, to modern Greeks, a Mythos means the best beer in the country. The Greek myths, then, are really the best stories ever told – and some of the earliest. As Virginia

Book review: Fifty Catholic Churches to See Before You Die

October 22, 2020

Elena Curti, former Deputy Editor of The Tablet, has written "Fifty Catholic Churches to see before you die". Michael Hodges reviews it.

Dementia need not lead to despair

May 09, 2017

Dr Adrian Treloar writes that the care we offer the most vulnerable is one way in which we can judge a society

The heroism and romance of persecuted Catholics

March 09, 2017

At times, Roy Hattersley’s account may make readers ashamed to be English

The lowbrow strategy that won the Reformation

March 03, 2017

Jack Scarisbrick says that Eamon Duffy’s new study of the period is a must-read

A light-hearted new Ladybird book reflects society’s view of motherhood

February 01, 2017

There is a gulf between a Catholic view of motherhood and the way it is portrayed in the media

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