Following hard on the heels of last year’s fascinating Charlie Chaplin, Peter Ackroyd turns his attention to yet another ‘Cockney visionary’ with the publication of Alfred Hitchcock (Chatto & Windus). Hitchcock is one of the […]
Sitting on a plane bound for Rome as the funeral fast approached, and with only sketchy plans of what to do next, I knew one thing—I had to be there. Pope John Paul II had […]
Some years back, while doing research in a monastery library, I came across a passing reference to a priest and soldier. It intrigued me. His biography, published in 1920, was cited; I made a note, […]
Early one Sunday morning, having passed through London’s silent streets, I arrived at a sun-filled, deserted square. The building I was searching for came into view. Its imposing structure was empty now, abandoned, boarded up […]
This Valentine’s Day, there are movie theaters both sides of the Atlantic, in London and Washington DC, showing a film that for many is deemed to be amongst the most romantic ever made. (No, I’m […]
There is so much being written and said about Pope Francis that one is left trying to separate what is real from the hyperbole, the accurate from what is manipulated. It appears the more that […]
Why would a rising Hollywood star leave it all behind and enter a monastery? The fascinating story is told in full in The Ear of the Heart: An Actress’ Journey From Hollywood to Holy Vows (Ignatius […]
“Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.” It will not survive; it will die. That was the view of the Faith when I was younger. Now, over 40 years later, […]
Just before 8 am, on July 30, 2014, I made my way to a church in Kensington, London. As I drew nearer I saw smoke rising, and, nearer still, found a young man puffing on […]
A few years ago my mother took me to a remote glen in County Tyrone near where our ancestors had lived for centuries. She showed me a small memorial marking the site of a Mass […]
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