More than 40 years after his death, L.P. Hartley (1895-1972) is mainly remembered for The Go-Between, filmed by Joseph Losey to Harold Pinter’s script, and his Eustace and Hilda trilogy. His spellbinding short stories, many of them of a Gothic tinge, and his other novels have been consigned to the literary purgatory that is often the fate of celebrated authors following their death. Happily, John Murray has reissued several neglected Hartley novels long out of print. These forgotten gems have not turned stale over the years. Without being thrillers as such, Hartley’s novels nevertheless are page-turners to the point of robbing sleep.
Anyone who knows something of Hartley’s life or who has read Adrian Wright’s biography of him, Foreign Country, will recognise autob
05 October 2013, The Tablet
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A Whole New World . Isn't that from Aladin? I enjoyed how you cremaopd the Sikh religion to Christianity it allows us to compare our own faith with that of another branch of religion. Fabuloso!
Martin, most liturgies offered in intentional communities are led by a priest. There is nothing heretical about them. These communities follow the same model as did the early church - long before there were parish churches dotting the roads. Perhaps it is the beginning of a return to true christian community.
Jesus met people where they were at. It's a long time since the Church has done that. If spreading the Gospel, in word and deed, is the reason why the Church exists, it hasn't been 'fit for purpose' for centuries, the blip of Vatican II excepted. We simply can't go on, doing more of the same. What to do is another question. But we do need to be able to discuss 'all' options. We might not agree with everything on the table, but even ideas we don't agree with can be a springboard for something more fruitful and Gospel-aligned. There is one guarantee of failure, however: a closed mind.
"All of this is leading to the development of Intentional Eucharistic Communities. These are communities of committed people who come together to pray and celebrate the Eucharist. I find their desire for the Eucharist radical and challenging."
I.e. without priests, which means that this is not the Mass but merely a parody of it. Come on Tablet, stop publishing this open heresy.