As someone with a particular interest in the later middle ages I appreciate very much the northern gothic style of the paintings of the peri...

Today is the feast of the Decollation of St John the Baptist and thanks to John Dillon's posting today on the Medieval religion discus...

Today being the feast of St Bartholomew my mind, being what it is, turns to thoughts about churches dedicated to him. One that comes into ...

Last Thursday I travelled out to west Berkshire* into the Vale of the White Horse for lunch with two newly-made friends - I had the priv...

Almost a year ago I posted Men in mink about almuces. Since then I have been meaning to publish some further thoughts about the topic. We...

Last Wednesday I had a day in London with a summer school with whom I have been doing some work. As they were international lawyers the day ...

I recently read Robert Hugh Benson's Confessions of a Convert, which was published in book form in 1913, but based on some articles he w...

This morning I had the enjoyable task of showing a group of pilgrims around Oxford. They are a group based in the diocese of Arundel and B...