Friday, 4 April 2014
The Memorial Service for Provost Nicholson
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Last Saturday afternoon I attended the Memorial Service for the Rev. Professor Ernest Nicholson, Provost of Oriel from 1990-2003, which was...
Wednesday, 2 April 2014
A corner of London that is forever Norway
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On Monday evening I went up to London to dine at the Norwegian Church in London, which is located in Rotherhithe. The invitation came ...
Tuesday, 1 April 2014
Coughs and sneezes spread diseases
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There are some very interesting archaeological conclusions from the examination of the skeletons of victims of the Black Death found near C...
April
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The April calendar page of the Très Riches Heures is attributed to Jean de Limbourg. The scene depicts a bethrothal before two...
Monday, 31 March 2014
Nine years peace and full communion
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Nine years ago today I was received into full peace and communion with the Catholic Church in the Oxford Oratory. As is my habit on this s...
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Saturday, 29 March 2014
Victims of the Battle of Towton
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Today is the anniversary of the Battle of Towton in 1461, fought in a snow storm on Palm Sunday and reputedly the bloodiest battle fought...
Friday, 28 March 2014
Fr Longenecker on the Ordinariates
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I saw on the Zenit website an interesting and forceful piece by Fr Dwight Longenecker about the place of the Anglican Ordinariates in the...
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Wednesday, 26 March 2014
What will Dame Edna say?
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I saw in the Times today that Tony Abbott, the staunchly monarchist Prime Minister of Australia, has announced the reintroduction of the ...
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