The piety of a harmless drudge

SAMUEL JOHNSON, who was born on 18 September 1709, was not only “a great soul” in Carlyle’s words, but a great Christian layman of an unusual kind.

Dr Johnson first-hand

IN 1777, it appears from his Prayers and Meditations, that Johnson suffered much from a state of mind “unsettled and per­plexed”,

Interview: Simon Valentine writer and lecturer

‘Muslims think I’m a Muslim. I don’t drink, don’t smoke, don’t go clubbing’

Education: Faith is at the heart of independent schools

‘We are carrying the torch of an ancient faith’

Education: Can we sing it? Can we sign it? Yes, we can

‘It’s really important that everyone should be able to celebrate together’

Education: Pendulum is swinging back

‘Core subjects have become second nature’

Education: Teachers needed

PRIMARY SCHOOLS are once more in the news.

Education: Academy awards

THE University of Chester Church of En­gland Academy, Ellesmere Port, which opened its doors earlier this month

Education: Actually, we don’t want to indoctrinate your children

THE Code of Conduct of the General Teaching Council — a body that purports

Education: Not the time for diocesan cutbacks

‘The part played by DDEs has become more strategic’

Education: Who should go to a C of E school?

‘We have no grounds for smugness or complacency’

Maggie Durran: Broadening a church’s use

Your consideration of the church as sacred space seems to us a little self-interested.



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