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Philosophy lessons from Spider-Man
(3 minute read) Sean Hurley looks at the hidden themes in the latest Marvel blockbuster.
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Discovering – and being – the saint next door
As Christians throughout the world celebrate the feast of All Saints, Nicole Law says all of us can be saints with a little effort.
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Can we be curious?
(4 minute read) Why don’t we ask questions anymore? Asks Monica Sharp.
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A French woman’s take on la Reine Elizabeth
Lisa Fraser offers a Gallic perspective on the death of the British monarch.
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A death observed
(2 minute read) As the Scottish parliament debates a proposal which seeks to legalise euthanasia, Ronnie Convery chronicles the death, both ordinary and extraordinary, of a simple Glaswegian woman.
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The World of J.R.R. Tolkien
(2 minute read) This week we share with you articles about the great master of the rings of power and the Middle Earth.
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Portraits of beauty and corruption: the danse macabre of the Countess of Castiglione
(3 minute read) Adam Brocklehurst comes face to face with the disfiguring power of time.
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A hungry world
John Whitehead on how the Ukraine war is worsening a global food crisis.
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Blessing the guns
(5 minute read) Maddy Fry looks at the often grizzly outcomes of an incestuous relationship between church and state.
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Learning to fall upwards
(2 minute read) Nicole Law is inspired by the wisdom of older people as she navigates the highways of youth
