A time to be counting your beads

19 March 2026, The Tablet

The author at a literary lunch

Alamy, Neil Spence

Crossing that Rubicon into the decade of the eighties becomes, eventually, an invitation to audit one’s life. During Lent, the audit zooms more into focus.

I regret, among many rueful reflections, that I never undertook a proper pilgrimage, although I have visited holy places like Lourdes and Knock and Mount Sinai – now, I think, rather superficially.

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