The Hearth of Mopsus

In her rather brutal memoir of life in a pre-reform Roman Catholic convent, Through the Narrow Gate , Karen Armstrong relates how her Sister...

The Today  programme this morning interviewed US sociologist Arlie Russell Hochschild, known especially for her 2016 book on Tea Party suppo...

There is one aspect of their work in which I have a great deal of sympathy with Government ministers, which is keeping track of information....

Now, I said I wasn't going to post about my Dorset holiday again, but I'd forgotten that there was one more site which I ought to ha...

'It's so good that you're back', said Sheila when I dropped round her newsletter this morning. 'You make us feel safe, s...

In many ways, the parish seems normal on my return to work, despite the masks ubiquitous in the shops. I was able to go for a coffee yesterd...

Swanage, Wimborne, Blandford, Wareham: all the little Dorset museums are closed by the pandemic at the moment, and a couple are caught in th...