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Reading a good book helps us read ourselves
(4 minutes) Ryan Service helps us unpack a new document, surprisingly by a pope, which encourages reading not just the Word of God but also the profane word of secular literature.
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Education is a life. Or, Sneaky ways to get your kids learning
(8 minutes) Kerri Christopher offers some ploys to ‘trick’ children into reading and other forms of learning.
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Why know when you can wonder? The enduring joy of reading Shakespeare
(4 minute read) On the 400th anniversary of the publication of the First Folio of Shakespeare’s works, Monica Sharp explains why she decided to dive into the great Bard’s plays and the ocean she discovered.
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“I challenge you to soften the ground of your heart and to love well and deeply…”
(3 minute read) Nicole Law outlines a new - and better - way of living.
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When society comes apart at the seams
(10 minute read) James Bradshaw finds the predictions of an American academic eerily accurate, but discovers in them ideas for a better future.
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Mercy’s sweet perfume
(3 minute read) Nicole Law finds the strength to forgive with the help of a book and a painting.
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Editorial: It must be love …
(1 minute read) Ronnie Convery, goes in search of love in traditional - and less traditional – places.
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My Brother in My Arms
(3 minute read) Nicole Law offers a poetical analysis of inequalities in her native Singapore.
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When life means life
(6 minute read) Francesco Ciampa tells a story of rebirth from behind bars in one of Italy's toughest prisons.
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Love, loss and … literature
(6 minute read) From Africa to England - Sean Organ reveals the backstory of the great author J. R. R. Tolkien and considers how much influence it might have had on his writing.
