What a great event The Tablet literary festival in Birmingham was. It was positively uplifting to be at an event where one could celebrate two abiding passions, Catholicism and literature, and realise that they can be brought together. So often one feels part of a slightly persecuted minority as a Catholic in the literary and media world.There was a definite buzz, as if something new and exciting were happening. Perhaps it was because lots of people like myself were making connections in our mi