Monthly Archives: April 2018

Forbidden fruit

Posted on April 27, 2018 by Quentin

“Our results show that the paintings we dated are, by far, the oldest known cave art in the world, and were created at least 20,000 years before modern humans arrived in Europe from Africa — therefore they must have been … Continue reading →

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REMEMBER REMEMBER

Posted on April 19, 2018 by Quentin

Some years ago I wrote a piece in the Catholic Herald on revision. I think it worked – if an email I received from a reader is anything to go by. Here’s what he wrote. “I just wanted to let … Continue reading →

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Millennials leave the Church

Posted on April 13, 2018 by Quentin

Many of my Catholic friends have children in their twenties – these are called millennials, I understand. The issue is the high proportion of these who no longer practise their religion or perhaps are effectively agnostics or atheists. What, we … Continue reading →

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Poetry and the human heart

Posted on April 5, 2018 by Quentin

As we move out from Lent and into the joys of Easter I started to think about poetry. The immediate trigger was Wendy Cope’s new collection: Anecdotal Evidence (Faber & Faber). You will know her as a fine and witty … Continue reading →

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