“London is suffering in nearly every way, isn’t it?” a colleague in the U.S. wrote to me the other day. London is certainly suffering and this latest disaster in the heart of the Capital has […]
I should probably begin this article by throwing away the political crystal ball before I am tempted to start making predictions about the way things are going to move in the next few weeks. Now […]
Like most people in Britain, I woke up last Tuesday to the news that there had been a terrorist attack in the northern English city of Manchester. It soon became apparent that this was the […]
May has been a busy month in Britain for journalists. With a snap election around the corner, the news has been dominated by election manifestos, polling predictions and the jostling of the major parties for […]
It is safe to say that any book with the word Dachau in the title is not going to be an easy read and Zeller’s analysis of one of the darkest chapters in human history […]
The Unquiet Daughter is the sort of memoir that cannot fail to grab the attention of a Catholic writer – or reader – simply because of the connection with Graham Greene. Author Danielle Flood discovered […]
The Raqqa Diaries is an intriguing document. The title suggests an epic adventure story worthy of a 1960s war film. The actual book is a great deal more down-to-earth and at times almost banal, which makes […]
Once upon a time, a wealthy young woman in the midst of wedding preparations, sat at her desk and wrote a letter to her fiancé. As if propelled by a supernatural force, Shirley Leach found […]
On a summer’s day in 1977, a young woman was brought into hospital for a late-term abortion procedure. Her uterus was infused with saline solution intended to burn the baby girl inside and out, ensuring […]
An unborn baby waits to be born. In the cramped confines of his mother’s womb, just weeks before his due date, an extraordinarily educated and eloquent little one is having a rough time of it. […]
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