Green thoughts in a green shade

The Faber Book of Gardens by Philip Robinson, editor

Short notices

Introducing Times and Seasons 1: The Christmas cycle by Mark Earey, Trevor Lloyd, Peter Moger and Tim Stratford and other titles

From mewling and puking to second childishness

Children of God: Towards a theology of childhood by Angela Shier-Jones, editor

His Highness’s dog

Noble Hounds and Dear Companions by Sophie Gordon

Monster, or just misunderstood?

Sunday at the Cross Bones: A novel by John Walsh

Country churchyard

Norfolk Churches by Frances Lincoln

Good works by lords bountiful

Squires in the Slums: Settlements and missions in late-Victorian London by Michael Wheeler

Playing bagpipes to bring the Virgin joy

The Holkham Bible: A facsimile

Words and the Word

Holy Reading: An introduction to Lectio Divina by Innocenzo Gargano OSB

A love of country places and people

Field Work: Selected essays by Ronald Blythe

Many-splendoured things

Cathedral: The great English cathedrals and the world that made them, 600-1540 by Jon Cannon

Monuments of unageing intellect

Byzantium: The surprising life of a medieval empire by Judith Herrin

Dirty work long ago

The Plot Against Pepys by James Long and Ben Long

Reading the Bible in glasses

The King’s Glass: A story of Tudor power and secret art by Carola Hicks

Seraph with a flaming sword

Darwin’s Angel: An angelic riposte to The God Delusion by John Cornwell ; The Dawkins Letters; Is God a Delusion?

A pear tree (but no partridge)

The Medieval Flower Book by Celia Fisher

Eye-catching

Seven Hundred Penguins designed by David Pearson

Hankering after the absent

Musics of Belonging: The poetry of Micheal O’Siadhail by Marc Caball and David Ford, editors

Short notice

Heart in Pilgrimage: A study of George Herbert by Jane Falloon

What I’m reading: Rhidian Brook writer and broadcaster

A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking

Exploring what it is to be human

Living Love: In conversation with . . . The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency by John Inge and Being Human: In conversation with . . ...

Flying high

The Dancer on the Horse: Reflections on the art of Iranna GR by Ranjit Hoskote



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