Faith & Family
Classics for Easter: Easter Hymn from Cavalleria…
A LONG time ago I wrote about the one-act opera Cavalleria Rusticana and the marvellous Intermezzo,…
The evidence for the resurrection
TWO thousand years ago a working-class Jew in Israel was executed by the Roman authorities at the…
David Suchet reads St Mark’s Gospel
JUST before Easter 2017, actor David Suchet read aloud the Gospel According to St Mark from the…
King Charles, Diluter of the Faith
ON Maundy Thursday, King Charles III delivered his annual Easter message from Durham Cathedral, a…
Classics for Easter: Stabat Mater/Pergolesi/Palestrina
THIS is a 13th century hymn Christian hymn describing the vigil kept by the Virgin Mary at the foot…
Classics for Easter: J S Bach’s St Matthew…
THIS masterpiece is Bach’s second Passion to survive in its entirety. The first was the St John…
Free speech is dead for a Christian preacher
THERE is amazement around the world, and particularly in the United States, at the erosion of free…
Even the so-called free speech movement draw the line…
IN THE Spectator, Rod Liddle notes the double standards that exist even in the ‘free speech’…
Grief and loss – a lament for my beloved Bridget
MY precious daughter has passed away, after a year of serious illnesses and intensive care. Bridget…
Fear should not stop us from criticising Islam
Paul in Athens WHEN Paul was in Athens, he was greatly distressed by the sight of all the idols…
