Many of us believe we have a novel in us. Very few act on that conviction, beyond jotting down the odd paragraph and dreaming. And the number of those who actually make it into print are dauntingly small. So hats off to Tom Vaughan – a collateral descendant of Herbert Vaughan, the former proprietor of this newspaper who went on to become Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster. But what makes his achievement all the more remarkable is that The Other Side of Loss is polished and engaging fiction. You’d never know he hadn’t done this before (Vaughan has spent his working life as a successful entrepreneur in the entertainment industry). Moreover, he tackles a theme that most established novelists meticulously steer clear of – the highs and lows of religious faith. The Othe