Simon Parke: The hardest balancing act of all

IS THERE a less helpful phrase than the currently fashionable “work-life balance”?

Not waving, but drowning in spam

The first email spam I received was from someone called Mary

Rilke’s glittering view of God

MY VADE MECUM is a small book of prayers written by a 24-year-old German, 100 years ago.

Leader: Religion and realpolitik

IT IS POSSIBLE to make too much of the religious dimension of the Iranian hostage crisis, now thankfully concluded.

100 years ago: A bishop's London home

THE announcement that the town house of the Bishop of Ely will shortly be for sale reminds us of a delightful picture in Pugin’s Contrasts.

Selling sex isn’t seen as sleazy any more

‘Explicit sexuality is readjusting the boundaries of what is thought of as normal’

Giles Fraser: The great thanksgiving at sunrise

Easter day began badly. Alarm clock at 4.30 a.m., followed by the discovery that, during the night, someone had thrown a metal dustbin through the window...

Where have all the radicals gone?

RECENT TURMOIL in the Anglican Communion has been portrayed as a struggle between traditionalists and progressives.

Ecumenical spring is already here

A RUBY WEDDING brings rejoicing in domestic life; yet the fact that a number of 40-year ecumenical milestones have been passed recently has surprisingly...



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