I’ve had a rather exciting media week. As one of my friends said, “it’s nice to see Gavin in the Sun fully clothed and without a whiff of scandal.” Continue reading “Covering crosses, hiding Jesus and the quest for the truth about God.” →

It’s strange how people use the word medieval as an insult.Yet they were deeply concerned for both truth and beauty. 

Two aspects of medieval life overlap with our own today .

One is their skill in creating exquisitely beautiful buildings; the other might be the horror of heresy; the problem of pubic denunciation. Just to be accused of being as a heretic, was to run the risk of being condemned without a fair hearing by public and official opinion. Continue reading “‘Truth, beauty and the creeping hand of totalitarianism. The witch-hunting of Scruton.’” →