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Taste for paradox and wonder
G.K. Chesterton: thinking backward, looking forward Free Article
Stephen R.L. Clark
Reviewed by Raymond Edwards


Ed. Kevin L. Morris
Reviewed by Raymond Edwards


Eric Abrahamson and David H. Freedman
Reviewed by Melanie McDonagh


Helon Habila
Reviewed by David Jowitt


Chris Skidmore
Reviewed by Jonathan Wright


Norman Davies
Reviewed by David Goodall


Previous weeks reviews

A Call to liberty, not betrayal
Infidel: my life Free Article
Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Reviewed by Jane O’Grady


Oliver James
Reviewed by Brendan Walsh


Alan Mould
Reviewed by Keith Mitchell


Ruth Rendell
Reviewed by Anthony Lejeune


Ruth Artmonsky
Reviewed by John Haldane

Leaders against the grain
The President, the Pope and the Prime Minister: three who changed the world Free Article
John O’Sullivan
Reviewed by Edward Stourton


Jewish Heritage in England: an architectural guide
Sharman Kadish
Reviewed by Timothy Brittain-Catlin


Gemstone of Paradise: the Holy Grail in Wolfram’s Parzival
G. Ronald Murphy SJ
Reviewed by Christopher Howse


The Solitude of Thomas Cave
Georgina Harding
Reviewed by Charlotte Wilkins


Ella: princess, saint and martyr
Christopher Warwick
Reviewed by Konstantin Eggert

What if life goes on and on and on ...
How to Live Forever or Die Trying: on the new immortality Free Article
Bryan Appleyard
Reviewed by Anthony Daniels


The Nation’s Mantelpiece: a history of the National Gallery
Jonathan Conlin
Reviewed by John McEwen


The Renaissance Popes: culture, power and the making of the Borgia myth
Gerard Noel
Reviewed by Michael Walsh


Red Princess: a revolutionary life
Sofka Zinovieff
Reviewed by William Charlton


The Brainstorm
Jenny Turner
Reviewed by Kathy Watson

Pope who has baffled his critics
The Rule of Benedict: Pope Benedict XVI and his battle with the modern world Free Article
David Gibson
Reviewed by John Wilkins


A Church in Search of Itself: Benedict XVI and the battle for the future
Robert Blair Kaiser
Reviewed by John Wilkins


In the Light of Christ: writings in the Western tradition
Lucy Beckett
Reviewed by Christopher Howse


Early Irish Monasticism: an understanding of its cultural roots
Catherine Thom
Reviewed by Augustine Holmes


A Glimpse of Heaven: Catholic Churches of England and Wales
Christopher Martin
Reviewed by Richard Lethbridge


The New Frontier of Religion and Science: religious experience, neuroscience and the transcendent
John Hick
Reviewed by David Hay


My Life with the Saints
James Martin SJ
Reviewed by Michael Walsh


Christianity and Social Service in Modern Britain: the disinherited spirit
Frank Prochaska
Reviewed by Terry Philpot


With Hearts and Minds: reflections on our participation in the Mass
Catholic Truth Society
Reviewed by Peter J. Harrison


Interfaith Dialogue – a Catholic view
Michael Fitzgerald and John Borelli
Reviewed by Michael Barnes


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