Heavenwood in Hampole: an illustration by Elizabeth Ruth Obbard from her Faith, Fire and Song: The writings of Richard Rolle for everyone, which, in the author’s series on spiritual classics, simplifies the writings of this Yorkshire hermit mystic, a contemporary of Julian of Norwich. Introduction by Sister Pamela Owens CAH (New City, £7 (£6.30); 978-1-905039-48-7)