Roman Catholicism
The erotic art book banned by a pope
A rich tale of great artists, pornography and the papacy has made I Modi one of the most fabled of all books
Confessions of a Woke Catholic
How to live with the contradictions of identity and belief
Houellebecq, joy and Jesus
A morbid pessimist reminds us of the purity of faith
Prophet of Catholic conservatism
The magisterial Benedict XVI, one of the greatest minds ever to be elected pope, has bequeathed a lasting legacy
The problem of religious traditionalists
They wish to pass on the flame
Why they hated Benedict
He defended tradition against modernity
The Benedict XVI generation
How his “dynamic fidelity” responded to the needs of a changing world
Child sexual abuse and the seal of confession
New legislation will not help children
The authenticity illusion
We all have a little LARPer inside us
Farewell to St Benet’s Hall
How a Catholic institution capitulated to the non-binary gods of diversity
Beethoven: Nine symphonies+ (Decca)
This Beethoven gift set is not for Christmas. It is for life
The age of the Sex Olympics
It is time to resist the pornification of the modern world
Jamie Tradescant: highbrow sports journalist
Jamie’s articles are not simply a riot of historical and philosophical allusions — no, they are all about style
There is a lushness to this expanded Letters
There is frequent reporting of local news, often betraying a hobbit-like
preoccupation with the availability of beer
Must we keep failing universities alive?
History is full of institutions which could not justify their own existence
Water matters
British towns were built on rivers in more than one sense
It’s time to transition babies
Even in the womb, many foetuses can sense their own trans identity
Canals go national
Canals gave Britain a single national economy, one that connected resources, factories, population centres and ports
The truth about London Bridge
Flawed narratives should not distort historical memory of the planning for the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II
Hellenism in Rome
Children of Athens is an absorbing romp through Greek (and Roman) history
A talented pianist and a battered piano
Bezhod Abduraimov: Shadows of my ancestors (Alpha-Classics)
