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In the days of rain

In an extract from her book, In the Days of Rain, Rebecca Stott unpicks a crisis in the world of the Exclusive Brethren

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St Mary Cathedral

"I love this space!" our Mystery Worshipper declares. But how many leaders of song can sing from the ambo? Or is it lectern? Or is it choir loft?
18 Aug 18
Lansing, Michigan, USA

Edington Priory

Our reporter attends the opening service of compline at Edington Priory's Festival of Music and finds it wonderfully uplifting
19 Aug 18
Edington, Wiltshire, England
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The Great British funeral

Celebration of life, or final farewell? Dress in pink or black? Simon Parke ponders funerals
3 Aug 18
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Punching nun glove puppet

The hills are alive with the sound of... a nun punching someone in the face
14 Jul 18
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In praise of holy fools

In celebration of the feast day of our patron saint, Simon Jenkins muses on holy fools, ancient and modern
12 Jul 18
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Fill 40 fiddly little communion cups in just 60 seconds without breaking a sweat
5 Jul 18

The smart phone creed

I believe in my phone, and smart technology Almighty, creator of heaven and earth.
8 Jun 18
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Last Supper musical pillow

Drift off to sleep with your face pressed into Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece of the Last Supper
2 May 18
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Post-rapture greeting cards

As you get ready for the Rapture, send some greeting cards to your heathen friends.
1 Apr 18
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Flat-pack coffin

Welcome to the world of flat-pack coffins made to look like the departed is in a box of chocs
1 Apr 18
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Queer and Catholic

Mark Dowd talks about the beginning of his 'life of contradiction' in an extract from his memoir, Queer and Catholic
6 Dec 17

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