The Irish connection

The women and men who arrived in Liverpool from Ireland in the nineteenth century may have been poor and often starving but they soon developed a communitarian culture whose strength eventually overcame prejudice and denigration, writes John Belchem...

Defining moment for the Jesuits

The meeting in Rome this month to elect a new Superior General is the most important gathering of the Society of Jesus for 25 years. It could signal new approaches to both mission and governance...

Shape of things to come

From America’s presidential election to the Olympic Games in Beijing and the Pope’s visit to the UN, 2008 will be an eventful year. Here, The Tablet’s experts analyse what are likely to be the most dominant issues and events of the coming 12 months...

Bread, wine and gold

In the gifts of the Magi, and the gifts at the Eucharist, Jesus Christ is proclaimed, offered and consumed. The prayer over the gifts on the Feast of the Epiphany shows how these gifts also represent our self-gift to God and neighbour, explains Daniel McCarthy...

Glory days are here again

During Liverpool’s nineteenth-century heyday it forged an identity that survived decades of decline. Now it has burst forth once more with a new confidence. Supplement editor Peter Stanford introduces our survey of Europe’s Capital of Culture by asking what makes the city unique...

After Benazir

The West pinned its hopes on Benazir Bhutto as the best chance for a country whose instability threatens global security. With her death, the prospects for Pakistani democracy hang by a thread...

Richness in frugality

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