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He also comments frequently and blogs on the uses and abuses of the English language. </p> </div> <div class="articleList section"> <section class="article-list" data-test="article-list-one-col"> <ul class="article-list__list grid"> <li class="article-list__item grid-col grid-col-sm-12 grid-col-12 grid-col-6 grid-col-sm-3 "> <article data-test="card" data-track="" class="card u-clickable-area card--premium card--onecol "> <div class="card__content " data-test="article-comment-content"> <h2 class="list-headline list-headline--premium u-heading-2" data-track-wrapper="article-list "> <a class="list-headline__link u-clickable-area__link" data-track-block data-test="list-headline-link" href="/web/20211009095252/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/2021/10/09/sacred-mysteries-part-angels-christian-daily-worship/"> <span class="list-headline__text" data-test="headline"> <span>Sacred Mysteries: The part of angels in Christian daily worship</span> </span> </a> </h2> <p class="e-standfirst e-standfirst--card" itemprop="description" data-test="standfirst"> Angels are not extras but citizens of heaven who unite it with mankind on earth </p> <div class="u-meta card__meta " data-test="card-meta"> <div class="card__meta-wrapper"> <span class="e-byline e-byline--premium" data-test="byline"> <span class="e-byline__meta" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person" itemprop="author"> <a href="/web/20211009095252/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/authors/c/cf-cj/christopher-howse/" class="e-byline__link" data-test="byline-link" rel="author"> <span class="e-byline__bytext">By</span> <span class="e-byline__author" data-test="author-name" itemprop="name" content="Christopher Howse">Christopher Howse</span> </a> </span> </span> <time class="card__date" datetime="2021-10-09T07:00:00.000+01:00">9 Oct 2021, 7:00am</time> </div> </div> </div> <div class="card__thumbnail u-order-first "> <figure class="card__figure"> <picture class="e-picture "> <source 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content="Christopher Howse">Christopher Howse</span> </a> </span> </span> <time class="card__date" datetime="2021-10-07T18:00:00.000+01:00">7 Oct 2021, 6:00pm</time> </div> </div> </div> <div class="card__thumbnail u-order-first "> <figure class="card__figure"> <div class="lazy-image card__image " style="padding-top:62.5%;" data-js="LazyImage" data-class="lazy-image__img " data-src="/web/20211009095252oe_/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/news/2021/09/23/TELEMMGLPICT000254175690_trans_NvBQzQNjv4Bqk27orzPKVvG5ACB4HPucmkILJJpwdHwkstMv3u0Srgc.jpeg?imwidth=160" data-srcset=" /content/dam/news/2021/09/23/TELEMMGLPICT000254175690_trans_NvBQzQNjv4Bqk27orzPKVvG5ACB4HPucmkILJJpwdHwkstMv3u0Srgc.jpeg?imwidth=160 160w, /content/dam/news/2021/09/23/TELEMMGLPICT000254175690_trans_NvBQzQNjv4Bqk27orzPKVvG5ACB4HPucmkILJJpwdHwkstMv3u0Srgc.jpeg?imwidth=210 210w, /content/dam/news/2021/09/23/TELEMMGLPICT000254175690_trans_NvBQzQNjv4Bqk27orzPKVvG5ACB4HPucmkILJJpwdHwkstMv3u0Srgc.jpeg?imwidth=320 320w, /content/dam/news/2021/09/23/TELEMMGLPICT000254175690_trans_NvBQzQNjv4Bqk27orzPKVvG5ACB4HPucmkILJJpwdHwkstMv3u0Srgc.jpeg?imwidth=350 350w, /content/dam/news/2021/09/23/TELEMMGLPICT000254175690_trans_NvBQzQNjv4Bqk27orzPKVvG5ACB4HPucmkILJJpwdHwkstMv3u0Srgc.jpeg?imwidth=480 480w, /content/dam/news/2021/09/23/TELEMMGLPICT000254175690_trans_NvBQzQNjv4Bqk27orzPKVvG5ACB4HPucmkILJJpwdHwkstMv3u0Srgc.jpeg?imwidth=640 640w, /content/dam/news/2021/09/23/TELEMMGLPICT000254175690_trans_NvBQzQNjv4Bqk27orzPKVvG5ACB4HPucmkILJJpwdHwkstMv3u0Srgc.jpeg?imwidth=680 680w, /content/dam/news/2021/09/23/TELEMMGLPICT000254175690_trans_NvBQzQNjv4Bqk27orzPKVvG5ACB4HPucmkILJJpwdHwkstMv3u0Srgc.jpeg?imwidth=960 960w" data-sizes="(min-width: 1440px) 15vw, (min-width: 768px) 15vw, 50vw" data-alt="Somebody writing"> <noscript> <img class="responsive lazy-image__img card__image" 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"> <a class="list-headline__link u-clickable-area__link" data-track-block data-test="list-headline-link" href="/web/20211009095252/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/2021/10/02/sacred-mysteries-finest-romanesque-church-north-alps/"> <span class="list-headline__text" data-test="headline"> <span>Sacred Mysteries: The finest Romanesque church north of the Alps</span> </span> </a> </h2> <p class="e-standfirst e-standfirst--card" itemprop="description" data-test="standfirst"> Big and beautiful, Brixworth church outdoes the false image of Anglo-Saxon architecture as mean and crude </p> <div class="u-meta card__meta " data-test="card-meta"> <div class="card__meta-wrapper"> <span class="e-byline e-byline--premium" data-test="byline"> <span class="e-byline__meta" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person" itemprop="author"> <a href="/web/20211009095252/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/authors/c/cf-cj/christopher-howse/" class="e-byline__link" data-test="byline-link" rel="author"> <span class="e-byline__bytext">By</span> <span class="e-byline__author" data-test="author-name" itemprop="name" content="Christopher Howse">Christopher Howse</span> </a> </span> </span> <time class="card__date" datetime="2021-10-02T16:37:11.743+01:00">2 Oct 2021, 4:37pm</time> </div> </div> </div> <div class="card__thumbnail u-order-first "> <figure class="card__figure"> <div class="lazy-image card__image " style="padding-top:62.5%;" data-js="LazyImage" data-class="lazy-image__img " data-src="/web/20211009095252oe_/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/opinion/2021/10/02/TELEMMGLPICT000273058358_trans_NvBQzQNjv4Bqc6GO7q6KdKnvh91cXLjA_T41xcCv3ebsn3rjEsYCzN8.jpeg?imwidth=160" data-srcset=" /content/dam/opinion/2021/10/02/TELEMMGLPICT000273058358_trans_NvBQzQNjv4Bqc6GO7q6KdKnvh91cXLjA_T41xcCv3ebsn3rjEsYCzN8.jpeg?imwidth=160 160w, /content/dam/opinion/2021/10/02/TELEMMGLPICT000273058358_trans_NvBQzQNjv4Bqc6GO7q6KdKnvh91cXLjA_T41xcCv3ebsn3rjEsYCzN8.jpeg?imwidth=210 210w, /content/dam/opinion/2021/10/02/TELEMMGLPICT000273058358_trans_NvBQzQNjv4Bqc6GO7q6KdKnvh91cXLjA_T41xcCv3ebsn3rjEsYCzN8.jpeg?imwidth=320 320w, /content/dam/opinion/2021/10/02/TELEMMGLPICT000273058358_trans_NvBQzQNjv4Bqc6GO7q6KdKnvh91cXLjA_T41xcCv3ebsn3rjEsYCzN8.jpeg?imwidth=350 350w, /content/dam/opinion/2021/10/02/TELEMMGLPICT000273058358_trans_NvBQzQNjv4Bqc6GO7q6KdKnvh91cXLjA_T41xcCv3ebsn3rjEsYCzN8.jpeg?imwidth=480 480w, /content/dam/opinion/2021/10/02/TELEMMGLPICT000273058358_trans_NvBQzQNjv4Bqc6GO7q6KdKnvh91cXLjA_T41xcCv3ebsn3rjEsYCzN8.jpeg?imwidth=640 640w, /content/dam/opinion/2021/10/02/TELEMMGLPICT000273058358_trans_NvBQzQNjv4Bqc6GO7q6KdKnvh91cXLjA_T41xcCv3ebsn3rjEsYCzN8.jpeg?imwidth=680 680w, /content/dam/opinion/2021/10/02/TELEMMGLPICT000273058358_trans_NvBQzQNjv4Bqc6GO7q6KdKnvh91cXLjA_T41xcCv3ebsn3rjEsYCzN8.jpeg?imwidth=960 960w" data-sizes="(min-width: 1440px) 15vw, (min-width: 768px) 15vw, 50vw" data-alt="All Saints, Brixworth: stone and Roman brick in tranquil Northamptonshire"> <noscript> <img class="responsive lazy-image__img card__image" src="/web/20211009095252im_/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/opinion/2021/10/02/TELEMMGLPICT000273058358_trans_NvBQzQNjv4Bqc6GO7q6KdKnvh91cXLjA_T41xcCv3ebsn3rjEsYCzN8.jpeg?imwidth=160" alt="All Saints, Brixworth: stone and Roman brick in tranquil Northamptonshire" loading="lazy"/> </noscript> </div> </figure> </div> </article> </li> <li class="article-list__item grid-col grid-col-12 grid-col-6 grid-col-sm-4 grid-col-sm-3 "> <article data-test="card" data-track="" class="card u-clickable-area card--feature card--premium "> <div class="card__content " data-test="article-comment-content"> <h2 class="list-headline list-headline--premium u-heading-5" data-track-wrapper="article-list "> <a class="list-headline__link u-clickable-area__link" data-track-block data-test="list-headline-link" href="/web/20211009095252/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/2021/09/18/sacred-mysteries-st-pio-brings-together-trendies-trads/"> <span class="list-headline__text" data-test="headline"> <span>Sacred Mysteries: St Pio brings together the trendies and trads</span> </span> </a> </h2> <p class="e-standfirst e-standfirst--card" itemprop="description" data-test="standfirst"> Canonised by Pope John Paul II in 2002, Padre Pio has found an enthusiastic follower in the 'progressive' Pope Francis </p> <div class="u-meta card__meta " data-test="card-meta"> <div class="card__meta-wrapper"> <span class="e-byline e-byline--premium" data-test="byline"> <span class="e-byline__meta" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person" itemprop="author"> <a href="/web/20211009095252/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/authors/c/cf-cj/christopher-howse/" class="e-byline__link" data-test="byline-link" rel="author"> <span class="e-byline__bytext">By</span> <span class="e-byline__author" data-test="author-name" itemprop="name" content="Christopher Howse">Christopher Howse</span> </a> </span> </span> <time class="card__date" datetime="2021-09-18T14:52:23.462+01:00">18 Sep 2021, 2:52pm</time> </div> </div> </div> <div class="card__thumbnail u-order-first "> <figure class="card__figure"> <div class="lazy-image card__image " style="padding-top:62.5%;" data-js="LazyImage" data-class="lazy-image__img " data-src="/web/20211009095252oe_/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/opinion/2021/09/18/TELEMMGLPICT000271390882_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqH_vYiwVODNMhQRWnX8g_UjRD3vWcyS41OHqZ-GGYMKw.jpeg?imwidth=160" data-srcset=" /content/dam/opinion/2021/09/18/TELEMMGLPICT000271390882_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqH_vYiwVODNMhQRWnX8g_UjRD3vWcyS41OHqZ-GGYMKw.jpeg?imwidth=160 160w, /content/dam/opinion/2021/09/18/TELEMMGLPICT000271390882_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqH_vYiwVODNMhQRWnX8g_UjRD3vWcyS41OHqZ-GGYMKw.jpeg?imwidth=210 210w, /content/dam/opinion/2021/09/18/TELEMMGLPICT000271390882_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqH_vYiwVODNMhQRWnX8g_UjRD3vWcyS41OHqZ-GGYMKw.jpeg?imwidth=320 320w, /content/dam/opinion/2021/09/18/TELEMMGLPICT000271390882_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqH_vYiwVODNMhQRWnX8g_UjRD3vWcyS41OHqZ-GGYMKw.jpeg?imwidth=350 350w, /content/dam/opinion/2021/09/18/TELEMMGLPICT000271390882_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqH_vYiwVODNMhQRWnX8g_UjRD3vWcyS41OHqZ-GGYMKw.jpeg?imwidth=480 480w, /content/dam/opinion/2021/09/18/TELEMMGLPICT000271390882_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqH_vYiwVODNMhQRWnX8g_UjRD3vWcyS41OHqZ-GGYMKw.jpeg?imwidth=640 640w, /content/dam/opinion/2021/09/18/TELEMMGLPICT000271390882_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqH_vYiwVODNMhQRWnX8g_UjRD3vWcyS41OHqZ-GGYMKw.jpeg?imwidth=680 680w, /content/dam/opinion/2021/09/18/TELEMMGLPICT000271390882_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqH_vYiwVODNMhQRWnX8g_UjRD3vWcyS41OHqZ-GGYMKw.jpeg?imwidth=960 960w" data-sizes="(min-width: 1440px) 15vw, (min-width: 768px) 15vw, 50vw" data-alt="Padre Pio, aged 39, in 1926"> <noscript> <img class="responsive lazy-image__img card__image" src="/web/20211009095252im_/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/opinion/2021/09/18/TELEMMGLPICT000271390882_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqH_vYiwVODNMhQRWnX8g_UjRD3vWcyS41OHqZ-GGYMKw.jpeg?imwidth=160" alt="Padre Pio, aged 39, in 1926" loading="lazy"/> </noscript> </div> </figure> </div> </article> </li> </ul> </section> </div> <div class="articleList section"> <section class="article-list" data-test="article-list-six-col"> <ul class="article-list__list grid"> <li class="article-list__item grid-col grid-col-sm-4 grid-col-md-2 grid-col-12 grid-col-6 grid-col-sm-3 "> <article data-test="card" data-track="" class="card u-clickable-area card--feature-switch card--premium "> <div class="card__content " data-test="article-comment-content"> <h2 class="list-headline list-headline--premium u-heading-7" data-track-wrapper="article-list "> <a class="list-headline__link u-clickable-area__link" data-track-block data-test="list-headline-link" href="/web/20211009095252/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/2021/09/11/sacred-mysteries-day-tree-fell-midwife/"> <span class="list-headline__text" data-test="headline"> <span>Sacred Mysteries: The day that the tree fell on the midwife</span> </span> </a> </h2> <p class="e-standfirst u-hide-screen-xsmall e-standfirst--card" itemprop="description" data-test="standfirst"> What was a church porch for? Begging, receiving gifts, using holy water or glimpsing the helpful St Christopher, for a start </p> <div class="u-meta card__meta card__meta-stacked--m " data-test="card-meta"> <div class="card__meta-wrapper"> <span class="e-byline e-byline--premium" data-test="byline"> <span class="e-byline__meta" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person" itemprop="author"> <a href="/web/20211009095252/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/authors/c/cf-cj/christopher-howse/" class="e-byline__link" data-test="byline-link" rel="author"> <span class="e-byline__bytext">By</span> <span class="e-byline__author" data-test="author-name" itemprop="name" content="Christopher Howse">Christopher Howse</span> </a> </span> </span> <time class="card__date" datetime="2021-09-11T07:00:00.000+01:00">11 Sep 2021, 7:00am</time> </div> </div> </div> <div class="card__thumbnail u-order-first "> <figure class="card__figure"> <div class="lazy-image card__image " style="padding-top:62.5%;" data-js="LazyImage" data-class="lazy-image__img " data-src="/web/20211009095252oe_/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/opinion/2021/09/10/TELEMMGLPICT000270529263_trans_NvBQzQNjv4Bqop85EMIR_dxpqEJ1yvgVvGQnZJIETfWB_fUbKb77n0w.jpeg?imwidth=160" data-srcset=" /content/dam/opinion/2021/09/10/TELEMMGLPICT000270529263_trans_NvBQzQNjv4Bqop85EMIR_dxpqEJ1yvgVvGQnZJIETfWB_fUbKb77n0w.jpeg?imwidth=160 160w, /content/dam/opinion/2021/09/10/TELEMMGLPICT000270529263_trans_NvBQzQNjv4Bqop85EMIR_dxpqEJ1yvgVvGQnZJIETfWB_fUbKb77n0w.jpeg?imwidth=210 210w, /content/dam/opinion/2021/09/10/TELEMMGLPICT000270529263_trans_NvBQzQNjv4Bqop85EMIR_dxpqEJ1yvgVvGQnZJIETfWB_fUbKb77n0w.jpeg?imwidth=320 320w, /content/dam/opinion/2021/09/10/TELEMMGLPICT000270529263_trans_NvBQzQNjv4Bqop85EMIR_dxpqEJ1yvgVvGQnZJIETfWB_fUbKb77n0w.jpeg?imwidth=350 350w, /content/dam/opinion/2021/09/10/TELEMMGLPICT000270529263_trans_NvBQzQNjv4Bqop85EMIR_dxpqEJ1yvgVvGQnZJIETfWB_fUbKb77n0w.jpeg?imwidth=480 480w, /content/dam/opinion/2021/09/10/TELEMMGLPICT000270529263_trans_NvBQzQNjv4Bqop85EMIR_dxpqEJ1yvgVvGQnZJIETfWB_fUbKb77n0w.jpeg?imwidth=640 640w, /content/dam/opinion/2021/09/10/TELEMMGLPICT000270529263_trans_NvBQzQNjv4Bqop85EMIR_dxpqEJ1yvgVvGQnZJIETfWB_fUbKb77n0w.jpeg?imwidth=680 680w, /content/dam/opinion/2021/09/10/TELEMMGLPICT000270529263_trans_NvBQzQNjv4Bqop85EMIR_dxpqEJ1yvgVvGQnZJIETfWB_fUbKb77n0w.jpeg?imwidth=960 960w" data-sizes="(min-width: 1440px) 210px, (min-width: 768px) 15vw, 25vw" data-alt="Favoured by buskers: Penniless Porch at Wells cathedral"> <noscript> <img class="responsive lazy-image__img card__image" src="/web/20211009095252im_/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/opinion/2021/09/10/TELEMMGLPICT000270529263_trans_NvBQzQNjv4Bqop85EMIR_dxpqEJ1yvgVvGQnZJIETfWB_fUbKb77n0w.jpeg?imwidth=160" alt="Favoured by buskers: Penniless Porch at Wells cathedral" loading="lazy"/> </noscript> </div> </figure> </div> </article> </li> <li class="article-list__item grid-col 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<span class="e-byline__meta" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person" itemprop="author"> <a href="/web/20211009095252/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/authors/r/rk-ro/robert-mendick/" class="e-byline__link" data-test="byline-link" rel="author"> <span class="e-byline__bytext">By</span> <span class="e-byline__author" data-test="author-name" itemprop="name" content="Robert Mendick">Robert Mendick</span> </a> </span> </span> <time class="card__date" datetime="2021-09-10T11:39:18.815+01:00">10 Sep 2021, 11:39am</time> </div> </div> </div> <div class="card__thumbnail u-order-first "> <figure class="card__figure"> <div class="lazy-image card__image " style="padding-top:62.5%;" data-js="LazyImage" data-class="lazy-image__img " data-src="/web/20211009095252oe_/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/ux-product/9-11/wtc-lead-new-desktop-2.jpg?imwidth=160" data-srcset=" /content/dam/ux-product/9-11/wtc-lead-new-desktop-2.jpg?imwidth=160 160w, 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data-track="" class="card u-clickable-area card--feature-switch card--premium "> <div class="card__content " data-test="article-comment-content"> <h2 class="list-headline list-headline--premium u-heading-7" data-track-wrapper="article-list "> <a class="list-headline__link u-clickable-area__link" data-track-block data-test="list-headline-link" href="/web/20211009095252/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/2021/09/04/sacred-mysteries-st-cuthberts-leg-would-not-come/"> <span class="list-headline__text" data-test="headline"> <span>Sacred Mysteries: When St Cuthbert’s leg would not come off</span> </span> </a> </h2> <p class="e-standfirst u-hide-screen-xsmall e-standfirst--card" itemprop="description" data-test="standfirst"> A Tudor manuscript gives a vivid account of an extraordinary incident in Durham cathedral in 1539 </p> <div class="u-meta card__meta card__meta-stacked--m " data-test="card-meta"> <div class="card__meta-wrapper"> <span class="e-byline e-byline--premium" data-test="byline"> <span class="e-byline__meta" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person" itemprop="author"> <a href="/web/20211009095252/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/authors/c/cf-cj/christopher-howse/" class="e-byline__link" data-test="byline-link" rel="author"> <span class="e-byline__bytext">By</span> <span class="e-byline__author" data-test="author-name" itemprop="name" content="Christopher Howse">Christopher Howse</span> </a> </span> </span> <time class="card__date" datetime="2021-09-04T07:00:00.000+01:00">4 Sep 2021, 7:00am</time> </div> </div> </div> <div class="card__thumbnail u-order-first "> <figure class="card__figure"> <div class="lazy-image card__image " style="padding-top:62.5%;" data-js="LazyImage" data-class="lazy-image__img " data-src="/web/20211009095252oe_/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/opinion/2021/09/03/TELEMMGLPICT000269720906_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqvLlH3PwvWrPiBiK7CNFIsZQd0gUcdddCv0EDOkSO7vg.jpeg?imwidth=160" data-srcset=" /content/dam/opinion/2021/09/03/TELEMMGLPICT000269720906_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqvLlH3PwvWrPiBiK7CNFIsZQd0gUcdddCv0EDOkSO7vg.jpeg?imwidth=160 160w, /content/dam/opinion/2021/09/03/TELEMMGLPICT000269720906_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqvLlH3PwvWrPiBiK7CNFIsZQd0gUcdddCv0EDOkSO7vg.jpeg?imwidth=210 210w, /content/dam/opinion/2021/09/03/TELEMMGLPICT000269720906_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqvLlH3PwvWrPiBiK7CNFIsZQd0gUcdddCv0EDOkSO7vg.jpeg?imwidth=320 320w, /content/dam/opinion/2021/09/03/TELEMMGLPICT000269720906_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqvLlH3PwvWrPiBiK7CNFIsZQd0gUcdddCv0EDOkSO7vg.jpeg?imwidth=350 350w, /content/dam/opinion/2021/09/03/TELEMMGLPICT000269720906_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqvLlH3PwvWrPiBiK7CNFIsZQd0gUcdddCv0EDOkSO7vg.jpeg?imwidth=480 480w, /content/dam/opinion/2021/09/03/TELEMMGLPICT000269720906_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqvLlH3PwvWrPiBiK7CNFIsZQd0gUcdddCv0EDOkSO7vg.jpeg?imwidth=640 640w, /content/dam/opinion/2021/09/03/TELEMMGLPICT000269720906_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqvLlH3PwvWrPiBiK7CNFIsZQd0gUcdddCv0EDOkSO7vg.jpeg?imwidth=680 680w, /content/dam/opinion/2021/09/03/TELEMMGLPICT000269720906_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqvLlH3PwvWrPiBiK7CNFIsZQd0gUcdddCv0EDOkSO7vg.jpeg?imwidth=960 960w" data-sizes="(min-width: 1440px) 210px, (min-width: 768px) 15vw, 25vw" data-alt="The monks find the saint's body incorrupt in the year 698: an illustration to Bede's prose Life of St Cuthbert"> <noscript> <img class="responsive lazy-image__img card__image" src="/web/20211009095252im_/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/opinion/2021/09/03/TELEMMGLPICT000269720906_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqvLlH3PwvWrPiBiK7CNFIsZQd0gUcdddCv0EDOkSO7vg.jpeg?imwidth=160" alt="The monks find the saint's body incorrupt in the year 698: an illustration to Bede's prose Life of St Cuthbert" loading="lazy"/> </noscript> </div> </figure> </div> </article> </li> <li class="article-list__item grid-col grid-col-sm-4 grid-col-md-2 grid-col-12 grid-col-6 grid-col-sm-3 "> <article data-test="card" data-track="" class="card u-clickable-area card--feature-switch card--premium "> <div class="card__content " data-test="article-comment-content"> <h2 class="list-headline list-headline--premium u-heading-7" data-track-wrapper="article-list "> <a class="list-headline__link u-clickable-area__link" data-track-block data-test="list-headline-link" href="/web/20211009095252/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/2021/08/21/sacred-mysteries-time-hard-grasp-something-real/"> <span class="list-headline__text" data-test="headline"> <span>Sacred Mysteries: Is time, so hard to grasp, something that’s real?</span> </span> </a> </h2> <p class="e-standfirst u-hide-screen-xsmall e-standfirst--card" itemprop="description" data-test="standfirst"> Jews, Christians and Muslims believe in an eternal God who created a changing world. Where does time fit in? </p> <div class="u-meta card__meta card__meta-stacked--m " data-test="card-meta"> <div class="card__meta-wrapper"> <span class="e-byline e-byline--premium" data-test="byline"> <span class="e-byline__meta" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person" itemprop="author"> <a href="/web/20211009095252/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/authors/c/cf-cj/christopher-howse/" class="e-byline__link" data-test="byline-link" rel="author"> <span class="e-byline__bytext">By</span> <span class="e-byline__author" data-test="author-name" itemprop="name" content="Christopher Howse">Christopher Howse</span> </a> </span> </span> <time class="card__date" datetime="2021-08-21T07:00:00.000+01:00">21 Aug 2021, 7:00am</time> </div> </div> </div> <div class="card__thumbnail u-order-first "> <figure class="card__figure"> <div class="lazy-image card__image " style="padding-top:62.5%;" data-js="LazyImage" data-class="lazy-image__img " data-src="/web/20211009095252oe_/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/opinion/2021/08/20/TELEMMGLPICT000268453496_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqpVlberWd9EgFPZtcLiMQf_4Xpit_DMGvdp2n7FDd82k.jpeg?imwidth=160" data-srcset=" /content/dam/opinion/2021/08/20/TELEMMGLPICT000268453496_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqpVlberWd9EgFPZtcLiMQf_4Xpit_DMGvdp2n7FDd82k.jpeg?imwidth=160 160w, /content/dam/opinion/2021/08/20/TELEMMGLPICT000268453496_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqpVlberWd9EgFPZtcLiMQf_4Xpit_DMGvdp2n7FDd82k.jpeg?imwidth=210 210w, /content/dam/opinion/2021/08/20/TELEMMGLPICT000268453496_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqpVlberWd9EgFPZtcLiMQf_4Xpit_DMGvdp2n7FDd82k.jpeg?imwidth=320 320w, /content/dam/opinion/2021/08/20/TELEMMGLPICT000268453496_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqpVlberWd9EgFPZtcLiMQf_4Xpit_DMGvdp2n7FDd82k.jpeg?imwidth=350 350w, /content/dam/opinion/2021/08/20/TELEMMGLPICT000268453496_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqpVlberWd9EgFPZtcLiMQf_4Xpit_DMGvdp2n7FDd82k.jpeg?imwidth=480 480w, /content/dam/opinion/2021/08/20/TELEMMGLPICT000268453496_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqpVlberWd9EgFPZtcLiMQf_4Xpit_DMGvdp2n7FDd82k.jpeg?imwidth=640 640w, /content/dam/opinion/2021/08/20/TELEMMGLPICT000268453496_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqpVlberWd9EgFPZtcLiMQf_4Xpit_DMGvdp2n7FDd82k.jpeg?imwidth=680 680w, /content/dam/opinion/2021/08/20/TELEMMGLPICT000268453496_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqpVlberWd9EgFPZtcLiMQf_4Xpit_DMGvdp2n7FDd82k.jpeg?imwidth=960 960w" data-sizes="(min-width: 1440px) 210px, (min-width: 768px) 15vw, 25vw" data-alt="Alpha and Omega flank the Christogram Chi-Rho"> <noscript> <img class="responsive lazy-image__img card__image" src="/web/20211009095252im_/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/opinion/2021/08/20/TELEMMGLPICT000268453496_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqpVlberWd9EgFPZtcLiMQf_4Xpit_DMGvdp2n7FDd82k.jpeg?imwidth=160" alt="Alpha and Omega flank the Christogram Chi-Rho" loading="lazy"/> </noscript> </div> </figure> </div> </article> </li> <li class="article-list__item grid-col grid-col-sm-4 grid-col-md-2 grid-col-12 grid-col-6 grid-col-sm-3 "> <article data-test="card" data-track="" class="card u-clickable-area card--feature-switch card--premium "> <div class="card__content " data-test="article-comment-content"> <h2 class="list-headline list-headline--premium u-heading-7" data-track-wrapper="article-list "> <a class="list-headline__link u-clickable-area__link" data-track-block data-test="list-headline-link" href="/web/20211009095252/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/2021/08/16/sacred-mysteries-messed-pulled/"> <span class="list-headline__text" data-test="headline"> <span>Sacred Mysteries: Before they messed it up or pulled it down</span> </span> </a> </h2> <p class="e-standfirst u-hide-screen-xsmall e-standfirst--card" itemprop="description" data-test="standfirst"> A painter with a gift for depicting architectural survivals, John Sell Cotman caught ruins before they were restored or knocked down </p> <div class="u-meta card__meta card__meta-stacked--m " data-test="card-meta"> <div class="card__meta-wrapper"> <span class="e-byline e-byline--premium" data-test="byline"> <span class="e-byline__meta" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person" itemprop="author"> <a href="/web/20211009095252/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/authors/c/cf-cj/christopher-howse/" class="e-byline__link" data-test="byline-link" rel="author"> <span class="e-byline__bytext">By</span> <span class="e-byline__author" data-test="author-name" itemprop="name" content="Christopher Howse">Christopher Howse</span> </a> </span> </span> <time class="card__date" datetime="2021-08-16T19:45:07.769+01:00">16 Aug 2021, 7:45pm</time> </div> </div> </div> <div class="card__thumbnail u-order-first "> <figure class="card__figure"> <div class="lazy-image card__image " style="padding-top:62.5%;" data-js="LazyImage" data-class="lazy-image__img " data-src="/web/20211009095252oe_/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/opinion/2021/08/16/TELEMMGLPICT000267869718_trans_NvBQzQNjv4Bq_qIndAcaFDjMA4KBTM2UGL0zF_b9hXgUFIP8yeMNVKg.jpeg?imwidth=160" data-srcset=" /content/dam/opinion/2021/08/16/TELEMMGLPICT000267869718_trans_NvBQzQNjv4Bq_qIndAcaFDjMA4KBTM2UGL0zF_b9hXgUFIP8yeMNVKg.jpeg?imwidth=160 160w, /content/dam/opinion/2021/08/16/TELEMMGLPICT000267869718_trans_NvBQzQNjv4Bq_qIndAcaFDjMA4KBTM2UGL0zF_b9hXgUFIP8yeMNVKg.jpeg?imwidth=210 210w, /content/dam/opinion/2021/08/16/TELEMMGLPICT000267869718_trans_NvBQzQNjv4Bq_qIndAcaFDjMA4KBTM2UGL0zF_b9hXgUFIP8yeMNVKg.jpeg?imwidth=320 320w, /content/dam/opinion/2021/08/16/TELEMMGLPICT000267869718_trans_NvBQzQNjv4Bq_qIndAcaFDjMA4KBTM2UGL0zF_b9hXgUFIP8yeMNVKg.jpeg?imwidth=350 350w, /content/dam/opinion/2021/08/16/TELEMMGLPICT000267869718_trans_NvBQzQNjv4Bq_qIndAcaFDjMA4KBTM2UGL0zF_b9hXgUFIP8yeMNVKg.jpeg?imwidth=480 480w, /content/dam/opinion/2021/08/16/TELEMMGLPICT000267869718_trans_NvBQzQNjv4Bq_qIndAcaFDjMA4KBTM2UGL0zF_b9hXgUFIP8yeMNVKg.jpeg?imwidth=640 640w, /content/dam/opinion/2021/08/16/TELEMMGLPICT000267869718_trans_NvBQzQNjv4Bq_qIndAcaFDjMA4KBTM2UGL0zF_b9hXgUFIP8yeMNVKg.jpeg?imwidth=680 680w, /content/dam/opinion/2021/08/16/TELEMMGLPICT000267869718_trans_NvBQzQNjv4Bq_qIndAcaFDjMA4KBTM2UGL0zF_b9hXgUFIP8yeMNVKg.jpeg?imwidth=960 960w" data-sizes="(min-width: 1440px) 210px, (min-width: 768px) 15vw, 25vw" data-alt="A detail of Cotman's watercolour of a window at Blackfriars in Norwich"> <noscript> <img class="responsive lazy-image__img card__image" src="/web/20211009095252im_/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/opinion/2021/08/16/TELEMMGLPICT000267869718_trans_NvBQzQNjv4Bq_qIndAcaFDjMA4KBTM2UGL0zF_b9hXgUFIP8yeMNVKg.jpeg?imwidth=160" alt="A detail of Cotman's watercolour of a window at Blackfriars in Norwich" loading="lazy"/> </noscript> </div> </figure> </div> </article> </li> <li class="article-list__item grid-col grid-col-sm-4 grid-col-md-2 grid-col-12 grid-col-6 grid-col-sm-3 "> <article data-test="card" data-track="" class="card u-clickable-area card--feature-switch card--premium "> <div class="card__content " data-test="article-comment-content"> <h2 class="list-headline list-headline--premium u-heading-7" data-track-wrapper="article-list "> <a class="list-headline__link u-clickable-area__link" data-track-block data-test="list-headline-link" href="/web/20211009095252/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/books/what-to-read/spotters-guide-hawkers-buskers-weirdos-17th-century-london/"> <span class="list-headline__text" data-test="headline"> <span>A spotter's guide to the hawkers, buskers and weirdos of 17th-century London</span> </span> </a> </h2> <p class="e-standfirst u-hide-screen-xsmall e-standfirst--card" itemprop="description" data-test="standfirst"> Shopping came to you in the crowded London streets of 1687 for a song, as new book on the cries of the city reveals </p> <div class="u-meta card__meta card__meta-stacked--m " data-test="card-meta"> <div class="card__meta-wrapper"> <span class="e-byline e-byline--premium" data-test="byline"> <span class="e-byline__meta" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person" itemprop="author"> <a href="/web/20211009095252/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/authors/c/cf-cj/christopher-howse/" class="e-byline__link" data-test="byline-link" rel="author"> <span class="e-byline__bytext">By</span> <span class="e-byline__author" data-test="author-name" itemprop="name" content="Christopher Howse">Christopher Howse</span> </a> </span> </span> <time class="card__date" datetime="2021-08-15T17:00:00.000+01:00">15 Aug 2021, 5:00pm</time> </div> </div> </div> <div class="card__thumbnail u-order-first "> <figure class="card__figure"> <div class="lazy-image card__image " style="padding-top:62.5%;" data-js="LazyImage" data-class="lazy-image__img " data-src="/web/20211009095252oe_/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/books/2021/08/12/TELEMMGLPICT000267226591_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqKuL2AY-3LrVAFhSsjcDZPVEfm-RiiNMLiONNttrJ4E0.jpeg?imwidth=160" data-srcset=" /content/dam/books/2021/08/12/TELEMMGLPICT000267226591_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqKuL2AY-3LrVAFhSsjcDZPVEfm-RiiNMLiONNttrJ4E0.jpeg?imwidth=160 160w, /content/dam/books/2021/08/12/TELEMMGLPICT000267226591_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqKuL2AY-3LrVAFhSsjcDZPVEfm-RiiNMLiONNttrJ4E0.jpeg?imwidth=210 210w, /content/dam/books/2021/08/12/TELEMMGLPICT000267226591_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqKuL2AY-3LrVAFhSsjcDZPVEfm-RiiNMLiONNttrJ4E0.jpeg?imwidth=320 320w, /content/dam/books/2021/08/12/TELEMMGLPICT000267226591_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqKuL2AY-3LrVAFhSsjcDZPVEfm-RiiNMLiONNttrJ4E0.jpeg?imwidth=350 350w, /content/dam/books/2021/08/12/TELEMMGLPICT000267226591_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqKuL2AY-3LrVAFhSsjcDZPVEfm-RiiNMLiONNttrJ4E0.jpeg?imwidth=480 480w, /content/dam/books/2021/08/12/TELEMMGLPICT000267226591_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqKuL2AY-3LrVAFhSsjcDZPVEfm-RiiNMLiONNttrJ4E0.jpeg?imwidth=640 640w, /content/dam/books/2021/08/12/TELEMMGLPICT000267226591_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqKuL2AY-3LrVAFhSsjcDZPVEfm-RiiNMLiONNttrJ4E0.jpeg?imwidth=680 680w, /content/dam/books/2021/08/12/TELEMMGLPICT000267226591_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqKuL2AY-3LrVAFhSsjcDZPVEfm-RiiNMLiONNttrJ4E0.jpeg?imwidth=960 960w" data-sizes="(min-width: 1440px) 210px, (min-width: 768px) 15vw, 25vw" data-alt="‘Buy a Rabbet, a Rabbet,’ cries the hawker undercutting butchers’ prices"> <noscript> <img class="responsive lazy-image__img card__image" src="/web/20211009095252im_/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/books/2021/08/12/TELEMMGLPICT000267226591_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqKuL2AY-3LrVAFhSsjcDZPVEfm-RiiNMLiONNttrJ4E0.jpeg?imwidth=160" alt="‘Buy a Rabbet, a Rabbet,’ cries the hawker undercutting butchers’ prices" loading="lazy"/> </noscript> </div> </figure> </div> </article> </li> </ul> </section> </div> 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card__meta-stacked--xs" data-test="card-meta"> <div class="card__meta-wrapper"> <span class="e-byline e-byline--premium" data-test="byline"> <span class="e-byline__meta" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person" itemprop="author"> <a href="/web/20211009095252/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/authors/c/cf-cj/christopher-howse/" class="e-byline__link" data-test="byline-link" rel="author"> <span class="e-byline__bytext">By</span> <span class="e-byline__author" data-test="author-name" itemprop="name" content="Christopher Howse">Christopher Howse</span> </a> </span> </span> <time class="card__date" datetime="2021-07-31T12:00:00.000+01:00">31 Jul 2021, 12:00pm</time> </div> </div> </div> <div class="card__thumbnail u-order-first "> <figure class="card__figure"> <div class="lazy-image card__image " style="padding-top:62.5%;" data-js="LazyImage" data-class="lazy-image__img " data-src="/web/20211009095252oe_/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/books/2021/07/29/TELEMMGLPICT000265772357_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqqVzuuqpFlyLIwiB6NTmJwWyaKjL1CatlwZEbgNRqSgg.jpeg?imwidth=160" data-srcset=" /content/dam/books/2021/07/29/TELEMMGLPICT000265772357_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqqVzuuqpFlyLIwiB6NTmJwWyaKjL1CatlwZEbgNRqSgg.jpeg?imwidth=160 160w, /content/dam/books/2021/07/29/TELEMMGLPICT000265772357_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqqVzuuqpFlyLIwiB6NTmJwWyaKjL1CatlwZEbgNRqSgg.jpeg?imwidth=210 210w, /content/dam/books/2021/07/29/TELEMMGLPICT000265772357_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqqVzuuqpFlyLIwiB6NTmJwWyaKjL1CatlwZEbgNRqSgg.jpeg?imwidth=320 320w, /content/dam/books/2021/07/29/TELEMMGLPICT000265772357_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqqVzuuqpFlyLIwiB6NTmJwWyaKjL1CatlwZEbgNRqSgg.jpeg?imwidth=350 350w, /content/dam/books/2021/07/29/TELEMMGLPICT000265772357_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqqVzuuqpFlyLIwiB6NTmJwWyaKjL1CatlwZEbgNRqSgg.jpeg?imwidth=480 480w, /content/dam/books/2021/07/29/TELEMMGLPICT000265772357_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqqVzuuqpFlyLIwiB6NTmJwWyaKjL1CatlwZEbgNRqSgg.jpeg?imwidth=640 640w, /content/dam/books/2021/07/29/TELEMMGLPICT000265772357_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqqVzuuqpFlyLIwiB6NTmJwWyaKjL1CatlwZEbgNRqSgg.jpeg?imwidth=680 680w, /content/dam/books/2021/07/29/TELEMMGLPICT000265772357_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqqVzuuqpFlyLIwiB6NTmJwWyaKjL1CatlwZEbgNRqSgg.jpeg?imwidth=960 960w" data-sizes="(min-width: 1440px) 15vw, (min-width: 768px) 15vw, 33.333vw" data-alt="Burgher’s relish: The Tower of Babel by Bruegel the Elder, 1563, painted for the Antwerp banker Niclaes Jonghelinck"> <noscript> <img class="responsive lazy-image__img card__image" src="/web/20211009095252im_/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/books/2021/07/29/TELEMMGLPICT000265772357_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqqVzuuqpFlyLIwiB6NTmJwWyaKjL1CatlwZEbgNRqSgg.jpeg?imwidth=160" alt="Burgher’s relish: The Tower of Babel by Bruegel the Elder, 1563, painted for the Antwerp banker Niclaes Jonghelinck" loading="lazy"/> </noscript> </div> </figure> </div> </article> </li> <li class="article-list__item grid-col grid-col-6 grid-col-sm-3 grid-col-6 grid-col-sm-3 "> <article data-test="card" data-track="" class="card u-clickable-area card--feature card--premium "> <div class="card__content " data-test="article-comment-content"> <h2 class="list-headline list-headline--premium u-heading-6" data-track-wrapper="article-list "> <a class="list-headline__link u-clickable-area__link" data-track-block data-test="list-headline-link" href="/web/20211009095252/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/2021/07/30/sacred-mysteries-figures-bright-glass-survived-canterbury-cathedrals/"> <span class="list-headline__text" data-test="headline"> <span>Sacred Mysteries: Figures of bright glass that survived Canterbury Cathedral's fire in 1174</span> </span> </a> </h2> <p class="e-standfirst e-standfirst--card" itemprop="description" data-test="standfirst"> Forty years ago, an historian of Canterbury's glass knew that some of its windows showed the style of 1150. Science has proved her right. </p> <div class="u-meta card__meta card__meta-stacked--xs" data-test="card-meta"> <div class="card__meta-wrapper"> <span class="e-byline e-byline--premium" data-test="byline"> <span class="e-byline__meta" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person" itemprop="author"> <a href="/web/20211009095252/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/authors/c/cf-cj/christopher-howse/" class="e-byline__link" data-test="byline-link" rel="author"> <span class="e-byline__bytext">By</span> <span class="e-byline__author" data-test="author-name" itemprop="name" content="Christopher Howse">Christopher Howse</span> </a> </span> </span> <time class="card__date" datetime="2021-07-30T21:42:10.326+01:00">30 Jul 2021, 9:42pm</time> </div> </div> </div> <div class="card__thumbnail u-order-first "> <figure class="card__figure"> <div class="lazy-image card__image " style="padding-top:62.5%;" data-js="LazyImage" data-class="lazy-image__img " data-src="/web/20211009095252oe_/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/opinion/2021/07/30/TELEMMGLPICT000265685960_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqLf6XVudQ0d-fF3pHUPFzEKRG59k-tizdcoEWRmJ8o-E.jpeg?imwidth=160" data-srcset=" /content/dam/opinion/2021/07/30/TELEMMGLPICT000265685960_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqLf6XVudQ0d-fF3pHUPFzEKRG59k-tizdcoEWRmJ8o-E.jpeg?imwidth=160 160w, /content/dam/opinion/2021/07/30/TELEMMGLPICT000265685960_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqLf6XVudQ0d-fF3pHUPFzEKRG59k-tizdcoEWRmJ8o-E.jpeg?imwidth=210 210w, /content/dam/opinion/2021/07/30/TELEMMGLPICT000265685960_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqLf6XVudQ0d-fF3pHUPFzEKRG59k-tizdcoEWRmJ8o-E.jpeg?imwidth=320 320w, /content/dam/opinion/2021/07/30/TELEMMGLPICT000265685960_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqLf6XVudQ0d-fF3pHUPFzEKRG59k-tizdcoEWRmJ8o-E.jpeg?imwidth=350 350w, /content/dam/opinion/2021/07/30/TELEMMGLPICT000265685960_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqLf6XVudQ0d-fF3pHUPFzEKRG59k-tizdcoEWRmJ8o-E.jpeg?imwidth=480 480w, /content/dam/opinion/2021/07/30/TELEMMGLPICT000265685960_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqLf6XVudQ0d-fF3pHUPFzEKRG59k-tizdcoEWRmJ8o-E.jpeg?imwidth=640 640w, /content/dam/opinion/2021/07/30/TELEMMGLPICT000265685960_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqLf6XVudQ0d-fF3pHUPFzEKRG59k-tizdcoEWRmJ8o-E.jpeg?imwidth=680 680w, /content/dam/opinion/2021/07/30/TELEMMGLPICT000265685960_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqLf6XVudQ0d-fF3pHUPFzEKRG59k-tizdcoEWRmJ8o-E.jpeg?imwidth=960 960w" data-sizes="(min-width: 1440px) 15vw, (min-width: 768px) 15vw, 33.333vw" data-alt="Roboam, ‘stiff and archaic’, in the Canterbury window"> <noscript> <img class="responsive lazy-image__img card__image" src="/web/20211009095252im_/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/opinion/2021/07/30/TELEMMGLPICT000265685960_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqLf6XVudQ0d-fF3pHUPFzEKRG59k-tizdcoEWRmJ8o-E.jpeg?imwidth=160" alt="Roboam, ‘stiff and archaic’, in the Canterbury window" loading="lazy"/> </noscript> </div> </figure> </div> </article> </li> <li class="article-list__item grid-col grid-col-6 grid-col-sm-3 grid-col-6 grid-col-sm-3 "> <article data-test="card" data-track="" class="card u-clickable-area card--feature card--premium "> <div class="card__content " data-test="article-comment-content"> <h2 class="list-headline list-headline--premium u-heading-6" data-track-wrapper="article-list "> <a class="list-headline__link u-clickable-area__link" data-track-block data-test="list-headline-link" href="/web/20211009095252/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/2021/07/28/sacred-mysteries-drinkers-got-early-go-church/"> <span class="list-headline__text" data-test="headline"> <span>Sacred Mysteries: Why the drinkers got up early to go to church</span> </span> </a> </h2> <p class="e-standfirst e-standfirst--card" itemprop="description" data-test="standfirst"> A brilliant new picture of medieval churchgoing shows the importance of women and children to the religious and social realities </p> <div class="u-meta card__meta card__meta-stacked--xs" data-test="card-meta"> <div class="card__meta-wrapper"> <span class="e-byline e-byline--premium" data-test="byline"> <span class="e-byline__meta" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person" itemprop="author"> <a href="/web/20211009095252/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/authors/c/cf-cj/christopher-howse/" class="e-byline__link" data-test="byline-link" rel="author"> <span class="e-byline__bytext">By</span> <span class="e-byline__author" data-test="author-name" itemprop="name" content="Christopher Howse">Christopher Howse</span> </a> </span> </span> <time class="card__date" datetime="2021-07-28T21:44:59.470+01:00">28 Jul 2021, 9:44pm</time> </div> </div> </div> <div class="card__thumbnail u-order-first "> <figure class="card__figure"> <div class="lazy-image card__image " style="padding-top:62.5%;" data-js="LazyImage" data-class="lazy-image__img " data-src="/web/20211009095252oe_/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/opinion/2021/07/28/TELEMMGLPICT000265084196_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqPkjLjjeg6-p09vVEn-_Qb4CFRvAd7MHzCDaO7TGNvsI.jpeg?imwidth=160" data-srcset=" /content/dam/opinion/2021/07/28/TELEMMGLPICT000265084196_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqPkjLjjeg6-p09vVEn-_Qb4CFRvAd7MHzCDaO7TGNvsI.jpeg?imwidth=160 160w, /content/dam/opinion/2021/07/28/TELEMMGLPICT000265084196_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqPkjLjjeg6-p09vVEn-_Qb4CFRvAd7MHzCDaO7TGNvsI.jpeg?imwidth=210 210w, /content/dam/opinion/2021/07/28/TELEMMGLPICT000265084196_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqPkjLjjeg6-p09vVEn-_Qb4CFRvAd7MHzCDaO7TGNvsI.jpeg?imwidth=320 320w, /content/dam/opinion/2021/07/28/TELEMMGLPICT000265084196_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqPkjLjjeg6-p09vVEn-_Qb4CFRvAd7MHzCDaO7TGNvsI.jpeg?imwidth=350 350w, /content/dam/opinion/2021/07/28/TELEMMGLPICT000265084196_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqPkjLjjeg6-p09vVEn-_Qb4CFRvAd7MHzCDaO7TGNvsI.jpeg?imwidth=480 480w, /content/dam/opinion/2021/07/28/TELEMMGLPICT000265084196_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqPkjLjjeg6-p09vVEn-_Qb4CFRvAd7MHzCDaO7TGNvsI.jpeg?imwidth=640 640w, /content/dam/opinion/2021/07/28/TELEMMGLPICT000265084196_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqPkjLjjeg6-p09vVEn-_Qb4CFRvAd7MHzCDaO7TGNvsI.jpeg?imwidth=680 680w, /content/dam/opinion/2021/07/28/TELEMMGLPICT000265084196_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqPkjLjjeg6-p09vVEn-_Qb4CFRvAd7MHzCDaO7TGNvsI.jpeg?imwidth=960 960w" data-sizes="(min-width: 1440px) 15vw, (min-width: 768px) 15vw, 33.333vw" data-alt="Women at St Neot, Cornwall"> <noscript> <img class="responsive lazy-image__img card__image" src="/web/20211009095252im_/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/opinion/2021/07/28/TELEMMGLPICT000265084196_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqPkjLjjeg6-p09vVEn-_Qb4CFRvAd7MHzCDaO7TGNvsI.jpeg?imwidth=160" alt="Women at St Neot, Cornwall" loading="lazy"/> </noscript> </div> </figure> </div> </article> </li> <li class="article-list__item grid-col grid-col-6 grid-col-sm-3 grid-col-6 grid-col-sm-3 "> <article data-test="card" data-track="" class="card u-clickable-area card--feature card--premium card--opinion "> <div class="card__content " data-test="article-comment-content"> <h2 class="list-headline list-headline--premium u-heading-6" data-track-wrapper="article-list "> <a class="list-headline__link u-clickable-area__link" data-track-block data-test="list-headline-link" href="/web/20211009095252/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/07/23/adding-crazy-marys-hole-maps-belated-recognition-irrational/"> <span class="list-headline__text" data-test="headline"> <span>Adding 'Crazy Mary's Hole' to maps is a belated recognition of our irrational commitment to where we live</span> </span> </a> </h2> <p class="e-standfirst e-standfirst--card" itemprop="description" data-test="standfirst"> All place names are really nicknames. They weren’t written up on signs or written down on maps before people started using them </p> <div class="u-meta card__meta card__meta-stacked--xs" data-test="card-meta"> <a href="/web/20211009095252/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/authors/c/cf-cj/christopher-howse/" aria-label="Christopher Howse" class="card__link"> <div class="lazy-image card__author-image " style="padding-top:%;" data-js="LazyImage" data-class="lazy-image__img " data-src="/web/20211009095252oe_/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/Author%20photos/Christopher%20Howse%20Aug%202021.png?impolicy=byline-author" data-alt="Christopher Howse" data-width="48" data-height="48"> <noscript> <img class="responsive lazy-image__img card__author-image " src="/web/20211009095252im_/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/Author%20photos/Christopher%20Howse%20Aug%202021.png?impolicy=byline-author" alt="Christopher Howse" loading="lazy" width="48" height="48"/> </noscript> </div> </a> <div class="card__meta-wrapper"> <span class="e-byline e-byline--opinion e-byline--premium" data-test="byline"> <span class="e-byline__meta" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person" itemprop="author"> <a href="/web/20211009095252/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/authors/c/cf-cj/christopher-howse/" class="e-byline__link" data-test="byline-link" rel="author" aria-label="Articles by Christopher Howse"> <span class="e-byline__author" data-test="author-name" itemprop="name" content="Christopher Howse">Christopher Howse</span> </a> </span> </span> <time class="card__date" datetime="2021-07-23T18:30:00.000+01:00">23 Jul 2021, 6:30pm</time> </div> </div> </div> <div class="card__thumbnail u-order-first "> <figure class="card__figure"> <div class="lazy-image card__image " style="padding-top:62.5%;" data-js="LazyImage" data-class="lazy-image__img " 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/content/dam/news/2021/07/23/TELEMMGLPICT000263464287_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqqVzuuqpFlyLIwiB6NTmJwekapBZ1c_8650LP5YH00zA.jpeg?imwidth=640 640w, /content/dam/news/2021/07/23/TELEMMGLPICT000263464287_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqqVzuuqpFlyLIwiB6NTmJwekapBZ1c_8650LP5YH00zA.jpeg?imwidth=680 680w, /content/dam/news/2021/07/23/TELEMMGLPICT000263464287_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqqVzuuqpFlyLIwiB6NTmJwekapBZ1c_8650LP5YH00zA.jpeg?imwidth=960 960w" data-sizes="(min-width: 1440px) 15vw, (min-width: 768px) 15vw, 33.333vw" data-alt=" A Coastguard Rescue helicopter "> <noscript> <img class="responsive lazy-image__img card__image" src="/web/20211009095252im_/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/news/2021/07/23/TELEMMGLPICT000263464287_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqqVzuuqpFlyLIwiB6NTmJwekapBZ1c_8650LP5YH00zA.jpeg?imwidth=160" alt=" A Coastguard Rescue helicopter " loading="lazy"/> </noscript> </div> <div class="e-icon-overlay"> <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewbox="0 0 32 22" class="e-icon-overlay__image"> <g> <path d="M29,1c-2.2,1.5-4.1,3.5-5,6c4.1,0,8,3.4,8,7.5S28.6,22,24.5,22S17,18.7,17,14c0-6.1,4.6-11.7,11-14L29,1z"/> <path d="M12,1C9.8,2.5,7.9,4.5,7,7c4.1,0,8,3.4,8,7.5S11.6,22,7.5,22S0,18.7,0,14C0,7.9,4.6,2.3,11,0L12,1z"/> </g> </svg> </div> </figure> </div> </article> </li> <li class="article-list__item grid-col grid-col-6 grid-col-sm-3 grid-col-6 grid-col-sm-3 "> <article data-test="card" data-track="" class="card u-clickable-area card--feature card--premium card--opinion "> <div class="card__content " data-test="article-comment-content"> <h2 class="list-headline list-headline--premium u-heading-6" data-track-wrapper="article-list "> <a class="list-headline__link u-clickable-area__link" data-track-block data-test="list-headline-link" href="/web/20211009095252/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/comment/friendly-locals-well-preserved-streets-welcome-last-town-england/"> <span class="list-headline__text" data-test="headline"> <span>Friendly locals and well-preserved streets, welcome to the last town in England</span> </span> </a> </h2> <p class="e-standfirst e-standfirst--card" itemprop="description" data-test="standfirst"> Berwick-upon-Tweed, the last town before the Scottish border, is well worth a potter about, to explore its long and fascinating history </p> <div class="u-meta card__meta card__meta-stacked--xs" data-test="card-meta"> <a href="/web/20211009095252/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/authors/c/cf-cj/christopher-howse/" aria-label="Christopher Howse" class="card__link"> <div class="lazy-image card__author-image " style="padding-top:%;" data-js="LazyImage" data-class="lazy-image__img " data-src="/web/20211009095252oe_/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/Author%20photos/Christopher%20Howse%20Aug%202021.png?impolicy=byline-author" data-alt="Christopher Howse" data-width="48" data-height="48"> <noscript> <img class="responsive lazy-image__img card__author-image " src="/web/20211009095252im_/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/Author%20photos/Christopher%20Howse%20Aug%202021.png?impolicy=byline-author" alt="Christopher Howse" loading="lazy" width="48" height="48"/> </noscript> </div> </a> <div class="card__meta-wrapper"> <span class="e-byline e-byline--opinion e-byline--premium" data-test="byline"> <span class="e-byline__meta" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person" itemprop="author"> <a href="/web/20211009095252/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/authors/c/cf-cj/christopher-howse/" class="e-byline__link" data-test="byline-link" rel="author" aria-label="Articles by Christopher Howse"> <span class="e-byline__author" data-test="author-name" itemprop="name" content="Christopher Howse">Christopher Howse</span> </a> </span> </span> <time class="card__date" datetime="2021-07-20T11:55:11.833+01:00">20 Jul 2021, 11:55am</time> </div> </div> </div> <div class="card__thumbnail u-order-first "> <figure class="card__figure"> <div class="lazy-image card__image " style="padding-top:62.5%;" data-js="LazyImage" data-class="lazy-image__img " data-src="/web/20211009095252oe_/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/travel/2021/07/20/TELEMMGLPICT000264904518_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqRo0U4xU-30oDveS4pXV-Vv4Xpit_DMGvdp2n7FDd82k.jpeg?imwidth=160" data-srcset=" /content/dam/travel/2021/07/20/TELEMMGLPICT000264904518_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqRo0U4xU-30oDveS4pXV-Vv4Xpit_DMGvdp2n7FDd82k.jpeg?imwidth=160 160w, /content/dam/travel/2021/07/20/TELEMMGLPICT000264904518_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqRo0U4xU-30oDveS4pXV-Vv4Xpit_DMGvdp2n7FDd82k.jpeg?imwidth=210 210w, /content/dam/travel/2021/07/20/TELEMMGLPICT000264904518_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqRo0U4xU-30oDveS4pXV-Vv4Xpit_DMGvdp2n7FDd82k.jpeg?imwidth=320 320w, /content/dam/travel/2021/07/20/TELEMMGLPICT000264904518_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqRo0U4xU-30oDveS4pXV-Vv4Xpit_DMGvdp2n7FDd82k.jpeg?imwidth=350 350w, /content/dam/travel/2021/07/20/TELEMMGLPICT000264904518_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqRo0U4xU-30oDveS4pXV-Vv4Xpit_DMGvdp2n7FDd82k.jpeg?imwidth=480 480w, /content/dam/travel/2021/07/20/TELEMMGLPICT000264904518_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqRo0U4xU-30oDveS4pXV-Vv4Xpit_DMGvdp2n7FDd82k.jpeg?imwidth=640 640w, /content/dam/travel/2021/07/20/TELEMMGLPICT000264904518_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqRo0U4xU-30oDveS4pXV-Vv4Xpit_DMGvdp2n7FDd82k.jpeg?imwidth=680 680w, /content/dam/travel/2021/07/20/TELEMMGLPICT000264904518_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqRo0U4xU-30oDveS4pXV-Vv4Xpit_DMGvdp2n7FDd82k.jpeg?imwidth=960 960w" data-sizes="(min-width: 1440px) 15vw, (min-width: 768px) 15vw, 33.333vw" data-alt="berwick upon tweed"> <noscript> <img class="responsive lazy-image__img card__image" src="/web/20211009095252im_/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/travel/2021/07/20/TELEMMGLPICT000264904518_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqRo0U4xU-30oDveS4pXV-Vv4Xpit_DMGvdp2n7FDd82k.jpeg?imwidth=160" alt="berwick upon tweed" loading="lazy"/> </noscript> </div> <div class="e-icon-overlay"> <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewbox="0 0 32 22" class="e-icon-overlay__image"> <g> <path d="M29,1c-2.2,1.5-4.1,3.5-5,6c4.1,0,8,3.4,8,7.5S28.6,22,24.5,22S17,18.7,17,14c0-6.1,4.6-11.7,11-14L29,1z"/> <path d="M12,1C9.8,2.5,7.9,4.5,7,7c4.1,0,8,3.4,8,7.5S11.6,22,7.5,22S0,18.7,0,14C0,7.9,4.6,2.3,11,0L12,1z"/> </g> </svg> </div> </figure> </div> </article> </li> <li class="article-list__item grid-col grid-col-6 grid-col-sm-3 grid-col-6 grid-col-sm-3 "> <article data-test="card" data-track="" class="card u-clickable-area card--feature card--premium "> <div class="card__content " data-test="article-comment-content"> <h2 class="list-headline list-headline--premium u-heading-6" data-track-wrapper="article-list "> <a class="list-headline__link u-clickable-area__link" data-track-block data-test="list-headline-link" href="/web/20211009095252/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/2021/07/18/sacred-mysteries-unspoken-meanings-smoke-cross-candle/"> <span class="list-headline__text" data-test="headline"> <span>Sacred Mysteries: Unspoken meanings of smoke, cross and candle</span> </span> </a> </h2> <p class="e-standfirst e-standfirst--card" itemprop="description" data-test="standfirst"> After a year in the desert, the domestic life of the house of God is a homecoming </p> <div class="u-meta card__meta card__meta-stacked--xs" data-test="card-meta"> <div class="card__meta-wrapper"> <span class="e-byline e-byline--premium" data-test="byline"> <span class="e-byline__meta" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person" itemprop="author"> <a href="/web/20211009095252/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/authors/c/cf-cj/christopher-howse/" class="e-byline__link" data-test="byline-link" rel="author"> <span class="e-byline__bytext">By</span> <span class="e-byline__author" data-test="author-name" itemprop="name" content="Christopher Howse">Christopher Howse</span> </a> </span> </span> <time class="card__date" datetime="2021-07-18T16:04:46.590+01:00">18 Jul 2021, 4:04pm</time> </div> </div> </div> <div class="card__thumbnail u-order-first "> <figure class="card__figure"> <div class="lazy-image card__image " style="padding-top:62.5%;" data-js="LazyImage" data-class="lazy-image__img " data-src="/web/20211009095252oe_/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/opinion/2021/07/18/TELEMMGLPICT000264422949_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqpvhYCxZ1zyEMRa-WSVMKo0R8YSybYNWDTYrGStsI8ko.jpeg?imwidth=160" data-srcset=" /content/dam/opinion/2021/07/18/TELEMMGLPICT000264422949_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqpvhYCxZ1zyEMRa-WSVMKo0R8YSybYNWDTYrGStsI8ko.jpeg?imwidth=160 160w, /content/dam/opinion/2021/07/18/TELEMMGLPICT000264422949_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqpvhYCxZ1zyEMRa-WSVMKo0R8YSybYNWDTYrGStsI8ko.jpeg?imwidth=210 210w, /content/dam/opinion/2021/07/18/TELEMMGLPICT000264422949_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqpvhYCxZ1zyEMRa-WSVMKo0R8YSybYNWDTYrGStsI8ko.jpeg?imwidth=320 320w, /content/dam/opinion/2021/07/18/TELEMMGLPICT000264422949_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqpvhYCxZ1zyEMRa-WSVMKo0R8YSybYNWDTYrGStsI8ko.jpeg?imwidth=350 350w, /content/dam/opinion/2021/07/18/TELEMMGLPICT000264422949_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqpvhYCxZ1zyEMRa-WSVMKo0R8YSybYNWDTYrGStsI8ko.jpeg?imwidth=480 480w, /content/dam/opinion/2021/07/18/TELEMMGLPICT000264422949_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqpvhYCxZ1zyEMRa-WSVMKo0R8YSybYNWDTYrGStsI8ko.jpeg?imwidth=640 640w, /content/dam/opinion/2021/07/18/TELEMMGLPICT000264422949_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqpvhYCxZ1zyEMRa-WSVMKo0R8YSybYNWDTYrGStsI8ko.jpeg?imwidth=680 680w, /content/dam/opinion/2021/07/18/TELEMMGLPICT000264422949_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqpvhYCxZ1zyEMRa-WSVMKo0R8YSybYNWDTYrGStsI8ko.jpeg?imwidth=960 960w" data-sizes="(min-width: 1440px) 15vw, (min-width: 768px) 15vw, 33.333vw" data-alt="Smoke rises like prayer from the censer of the thurifer"> <noscript> <img class="responsive lazy-image__img card__image" src="/web/20211009095252im_/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/opinion/2021/07/18/TELEMMGLPICT000264422949_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqpvhYCxZ1zyEMRa-WSVMKo0R8YSybYNWDTYrGStsI8ko.jpeg?imwidth=160" alt="Smoke rises like prayer from the censer of the thurifer" loading="lazy"/> </noscript> </div> </figure> </div> </article> </li> <li class="article-list__item grid-col grid-col-6 grid-col-sm-3 grid-col-6 grid-col-sm-3 "> <article data-test="card" data-track="" class="card u-clickable-area card--feature card--premium "> <div class="card__content " data-test="article-comment-content"> <h2 class="list-headline list-headline--premium u-heading-6" data-track-wrapper="article-list "> <a class="list-headline__link u-clickable-area__link" data-track-block data-test="list-headline-link" href="/web/20211009095252/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/2021/07/11/sacred-mysteries-last-active-volcano-lake-district/"> <span class="list-headline__text" data-test="headline"> <span>Sacred Mysteries: The last active volcano of the Lake District</span> </span> </a> </h2> <p class="e-standfirst e-standfirst--card" itemprop="description" data-test="standfirst"> A new perspective on the man who became vicar of Crosthwaite by Derwentwater in 1883 and co-founded the National Trust </p> <div class="u-meta card__meta card__meta-stacked--xs" data-test="card-meta"> <div class="card__meta-wrapper"> <span class="e-byline e-byline--premium" data-test="byline"> <span class="e-byline__meta" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person" itemprop="author"> <a href="/web/20211009095252/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/authors/c/cf-cj/christopher-howse/" class="e-byline__link" data-test="byline-link" rel="author"> <span class="e-byline__bytext">By</span> <span class="e-byline__author" data-test="author-name" itemprop="name" content="Christopher Howse">Christopher Howse</span> </a> </span> </span> <time class="card__date" datetime="2021-07-11T20:26:25.902+01:00">11 Jul 2021, 8:26pm</time> </div> </div> </div> <div class="card__thumbnail u-order-first "> <figure class="card__figure"> <div class="lazy-image card__image " style="padding-top:62.5%;" data-js="LazyImage" data-class="lazy-image__img " data-src="/web/20211009095252oe_/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/opinion/2021/07/11/TELEMMGLPICT000263730836_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqylK7Dt-EMH9SurSvBI3QuYTPD5foJ9o3wuqP2tL5Yek.jpeg?imwidth=160" data-srcset=" /content/dam/opinion/2021/07/11/TELEMMGLPICT000263730836_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqylK7Dt-EMH9SurSvBI3QuYTPD5foJ9o3wuqP2tL5Yek.jpeg?imwidth=160 160w, /content/dam/opinion/2021/07/11/TELEMMGLPICT000263730836_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqylK7Dt-EMH9SurSvBI3QuYTPD5foJ9o3wuqP2tL5Yek.jpeg?imwidth=210 210w, /content/dam/opinion/2021/07/11/TELEMMGLPICT000263730836_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqylK7Dt-EMH9SurSvBI3QuYTPD5foJ9o3wuqP2tL5Yek.jpeg?imwidth=320 320w, /content/dam/opinion/2021/07/11/TELEMMGLPICT000263730836_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqylK7Dt-EMH9SurSvBI3QuYTPD5foJ9o3wuqP2tL5Yek.jpeg?imwidth=350 350w, /content/dam/opinion/2021/07/11/TELEMMGLPICT000263730836_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqylK7Dt-EMH9SurSvBI3QuYTPD5foJ9o3wuqP2tL5Yek.jpeg?imwidth=480 480w, /content/dam/opinion/2021/07/11/TELEMMGLPICT000263730836_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqylK7Dt-EMH9SurSvBI3QuYTPD5foJ9o3wuqP2tL5Yek.jpeg?imwidth=640 640w, /content/dam/opinion/2021/07/11/TELEMMGLPICT000263730836_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqylK7Dt-EMH9SurSvBI3QuYTPD5foJ9o3wuqP2tL5Yek.jpeg?imwidth=680 680w, /content/dam/opinion/2021/07/11/TELEMMGLPICT000263730836_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqylK7Dt-EMH9SurSvBI3QuYTPD5foJ9o3wuqP2tL5Yek.jpeg?imwidth=960 960w" data-sizes="(min-width: 1440px) 15vw, (min-width: 768px) 15vw, 33.333vw" data-alt="Allan Bank, Grasmere, given by Canon Rawnsley to the National Trust"> <noscript> <img class="responsive lazy-image__img card__image" src="/web/20211009095252im_/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/opinion/2021/07/11/TELEMMGLPICT000263730836_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqylK7Dt-EMH9SurSvBI3QuYTPD5foJ9o3wuqP2tL5Yek.jpeg?imwidth=160" alt="Allan Bank, Grasmere, given by Canon Rawnsley to the National Trust" loading="lazy"/> </noscript> </div> </figure> </div> </article> </li> <li class="article-list__item grid-col grid-col-6 grid-col-sm-3 grid-col-6 grid-col-sm-3 "> <article data-test="card" data-track="" class="card u-clickable-area card--feature card--premium "> <div class="card__content " data-test="article-comment-content"> <h2 class="list-headline list-headline--premium u-heading-6" data-track-wrapper="article-list "> <a class="list-headline__link u-clickable-area__link" data-track-block data-test="list-headline-link" href="/web/20211009095252/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/2021/07/04/sacred-mysteries-thisness-make/"> <span class="list-headline__text" data-test="headline"> <span>Sacred Mysteries: What’s this thisness that make this this, then?</span> </span> </a> </h2> <p class="e-standfirst e-standfirst--card" itemprop="description" data-test="standfirst"> Gerard Manley Hopkins was bowled over by the philosophy of Duns Scotus. But can it have been unknowable haecceitas that impressed him? </p> <div class="u-meta card__meta card__meta-stacked--xs" data-test="card-meta"> <div class="card__meta-wrapper"> <span class="e-byline e-byline--premium" data-test="byline"> <span class="e-byline__meta" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person" itemprop="author"> <a href="/web/20211009095252/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/authors/c/cf-cj/christopher-howse/" class="e-byline__link" data-test="byline-link" rel="author"> <span class="e-byline__bytext">By</span> <span class="e-byline__author" data-test="author-name" itemprop="name" content="Christopher Howse">Christopher Howse</span> </a> </span> </span> <time class="card__date" datetime="2021-07-04T12:34:29.081+01:00">4 Jul 2021, 12:34pm</time> </div> </div> </div> <div class="card__thumbnail u-order-first "> <figure class="card__figure"> <div class="lazy-image card__image " style="padding-top:62.5%;" data-js="LazyImage" data-class="lazy-image__img " data-src="/web/20211009095252oe_/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/opinion/2021/07/04/TELEMMGLPICT000262957337_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqQfwj9fj1sNjNbJMkEVbWuWreqapuikfNyCYuptSHoIo.jpeg?imwidth=160" data-srcset=" /content/dam/opinion/2021/07/04/TELEMMGLPICT000262957337_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqQfwj9fj1sNjNbJMkEVbWuWreqapuikfNyCYuptSHoIo.jpeg?imwidth=160 160w, /content/dam/opinion/2021/07/04/TELEMMGLPICT000262957337_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqQfwj9fj1sNjNbJMkEVbWuWreqapuikfNyCYuptSHoIo.jpeg?imwidth=210 210w, /content/dam/opinion/2021/07/04/TELEMMGLPICT000262957337_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqQfwj9fj1sNjNbJMkEVbWuWreqapuikfNyCYuptSHoIo.jpeg?imwidth=320 320w, /content/dam/opinion/2021/07/04/TELEMMGLPICT000262957337_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqQfwj9fj1sNjNbJMkEVbWuWreqapuikfNyCYuptSHoIo.jpeg?imwidth=350 350w, /content/dam/opinion/2021/07/04/TELEMMGLPICT000262957337_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqQfwj9fj1sNjNbJMkEVbWuWreqapuikfNyCYuptSHoIo.jpeg?imwidth=480 480w, /content/dam/opinion/2021/07/04/TELEMMGLPICT000262957337_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqQfwj9fj1sNjNbJMkEVbWuWreqapuikfNyCYuptSHoIo.jpeg?imwidth=640 640w, /content/dam/opinion/2021/07/04/TELEMMGLPICT000262957337_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqQfwj9fj1sNjNbJMkEVbWuWreqapuikfNyCYuptSHoIo.jpeg?imwidth=680 680w, /content/dam/opinion/2021/07/04/TELEMMGLPICT000262957337_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqQfwj9fj1sNjNbJMkEVbWuWreqapuikfNyCYuptSHoIo.jpeg?imwidth=960 960w" data-sizes="(min-width: 1440px) 15vw, (min-width: 768px) 15vw, 33.333vw" data-alt="Duns Scotus, in an edition from 1530 of his commentary on Peter Lombard's Sentences"> <noscript> <img class="responsive lazy-image__img card__image" src="/web/20211009095252im_/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/opinion/2021/07/04/TELEMMGLPICT000262957337_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqQfwj9fj1sNjNbJMkEVbWuWreqapuikfNyCYuptSHoIo.jpeg?imwidth=160" alt="Duns Scotus, in an edition from 1530 of his commentary on Peter Lombard's Sentences" loading="lazy"/> </noscript> </div> </figure> </div> </article> </li> <li class="article-list__item grid-col grid-col-6 grid-col-sm-3 grid-col-6 grid-col-sm-3 "> <article data-test="card" data-track="" class="card u-clickable-area card--feature card--premium "> <div class="card__content " data-test="article-comment-content"> <h2 class="list-headline list-headline--premium u-heading-6" data-track-wrapper="article-list "> <a class="list-headline__link u-clickable-area__link" data-track-block data-test="list-headline-link" href="/web/20211009095252/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/family/life/do-pacific-mistakes-pronunciation-drive-mad-probly/"> <span class="list-headline__text" data-test="headline"> <span>Do pacific mistakes in pronunciation drive you mad? Probly…</span> </span> </a> </h2> <p class="e-standfirst e-standfirst--card" itemprop="description" data-test="standfirst"> As a poll identifies our chief linguistic irritants, Christopher Howse reveals his own bêtes noires </p> <div class="u-meta card__meta card__meta-stacked--xs" data-test="card-meta"> <div class="card__meta-wrapper"> <span class="e-byline e-byline--premium" data-test="byline"> <span class="e-byline__meta" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person" itemprop="author"> <a href="/web/20211009095252/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/authors/c/cf-cj/christopher-howse/" class="e-byline__link" data-test="byline-link" rel="author"> <span class="e-byline__bytext">By</span> <span class="e-byline__author" data-test="author-name" itemprop="name" content="Christopher Howse">Christopher Howse</span> </a> </span> </span> <time class="card__date" datetime="2021-06-23T20:07:06.618+01:00">23 Jun 2021, 8:07pm</time> </div> </div> </div> <div class="card__thumbnail u-order-first "> <figure class="card__figure"> <div class="lazy-image card__image " style="padding-top:62.5%;" data-js="LazyImage" data-class="lazy-image__img " data-src="/web/20211009095252oe_/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/family/2021/06/23/TELEMMGLPICT000262194166_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqJ4eGk7y7RkP9yV7bRNs2XsUWaPIL6EwXkM4pEaoLDQI.jpeg?imwidth=160" data-srcset=" /content/dam/family/2021/06/23/TELEMMGLPICT000262194166_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqJ4eGk7y7RkP9yV7bRNs2XsUWaPIL6EwXkM4pEaoLDQI.jpeg?imwidth=160 160w, /content/dam/family/2021/06/23/TELEMMGLPICT000262194166_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqJ4eGk7y7RkP9yV7bRNs2XsUWaPIL6EwXkM4pEaoLDQI.jpeg?imwidth=210 210w, /content/dam/family/2021/06/23/TELEMMGLPICT000262194166_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqJ4eGk7y7RkP9yV7bRNs2XsUWaPIL6EwXkM4pEaoLDQI.jpeg?imwidth=320 320w, /content/dam/family/2021/06/23/TELEMMGLPICT000262194166_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqJ4eGk7y7RkP9yV7bRNs2XsUWaPIL6EwXkM4pEaoLDQI.jpeg?imwidth=350 350w, /content/dam/family/2021/06/23/TELEMMGLPICT000262194166_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqJ4eGk7y7RkP9yV7bRNs2XsUWaPIL6EwXkM4pEaoLDQI.jpeg?imwidth=480 480w, /content/dam/family/2021/06/23/TELEMMGLPICT000262194166_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqJ4eGk7y7RkP9yV7bRNs2XsUWaPIL6EwXkM4pEaoLDQI.jpeg?imwidth=640 640w, /content/dam/family/2021/06/23/TELEMMGLPICT000262194166_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqJ4eGk7y7RkP9yV7bRNs2XsUWaPIL6EwXkM4pEaoLDQI.jpeg?imwidth=680 680w, /content/dam/family/2021/06/23/TELEMMGLPICT000262194166_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqJ4eGk7y7RkP9yV7bRNs2XsUWaPIL6EwXkM4pEaoLDQI.jpeg?imwidth=960 960w" data-sizes="(min-width: 1440px) 15vw, (min-width: 768px) 15vw, 33.333vw" data-alt="Chorizo, Artic, nucular... the enragement list is endless"> <noscript> <img class="responsive lazy-image__img card__image" src="/web/20211009095252im_/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/family/2021/06/23/TELEMMGLPICT000262194166_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqJ4eGk7y7RkP9yV7bRNs2XsUWaPIL6EwXkM4pEaoLDQI.jpeg?imwidth=160" alt="Chorizo, Artic, nucular... the enragement list is endless" loading="lazy"/> </noscript> </div> </figure> </div> </article> </li> <li class="article-list__item grid-col grid-col-6 grid-col-sm-3 grid-col-6 grid-col-sm-3 "> <article data-test="card" data-track="" class="card u-clickable-area card--feature card--premium card--opinion "> <div class="card__content " data-test="article-comment-content"> <h2 class="list-headline list-headline--premium u-heading-6" data-track-wrapper="article-list "> <a class="list-headline__link u-clickable-area__link" data-track-block data-test="list-headline-link" href="/web/20211009095252/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/06/22/unesco-like-eurovision-giving-nul-points-liverpool/"> <span class="list-headline__text" data-test="headline"> <span>Unesco is like Eurovision in giving nul points to Liverpool</span> </span> </a> </h2> <p class="e-standfirst e-standfirst--card" itemprop="description" data-test="standfirst"> Does Liverpool really deserve to be deleted from Unesco’s list of World Heritage sites? </p> <div class="u-meta card__meta card__meta-stacked--xs" data-test="card-meta"> <a href="/web/20211009095252/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/authors/c/cf-cj/christopher-howse/" aria-label="Christopher Howse" class="card__link"> <div class="lazy-image card__author-image " style="padding-top:%;" data-js="LazyImage" data-class="lazy-image__img " data-src="/web/20211009095252oe_/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/Author%20photos/Christopher%20Howse%20Aug%202021.png?impolicy=byline-author" data-alt="Christopher Howse" data-width="48" data-height="48"> <noscript> <img class="responsive lazy-image__img card__author-image " src="/web/20211009095252im_/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/Author%20photos/Christopher%20Howse%20Aug%202021.png?impolicy=byline-author" alt="Christopher Howse" loading="lazy" width="48" height="48"/> </noscript> </div> </a> <div class="card__meta-wrapper"> <span class="e-byline e-byline--opinion e-byline--premium" data-test="byline"> <span class="e-byline__meta" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person" itemprop="author"> <a href="/web/20211009095252/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/authors/c/cf-cj/christopher-howse/" class="e-byline__link" data-test="byline-link" rel="author" aria-label="Articles by Christopher Howse"> <span class="e-byline__author" data-test="author-name" itemprop="name" content="Christopher Howse">Christopher Howse</span> </a> </span> </span> <time class="card__date" datetime="2021-06-22T19:00:00.000+01:00">22 Jun 2021, 7:00pm</time> </div> </div> </div> <div class="card__thumbnail u-order-first "> <figure class="card__figure"> <div class="lazy-image card__image " style="padding-top:62.5%;" data-js="LazyImage" data-class="lazy-image__img " data-src="/web/20211009095252oe_/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/news/2016/11/14/Liverpool-docks_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqgsaO8O78rhmZrDxTlQBjdOVpSgDomDLZ8AADwsgaFEo.jpg?imwidth=160" data-srcset=" /content/dam/news/2016/11/14/Liverpool-docks_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqgsaO8O78rhmZrDxTlQBjdOVpSgDomDLZ8AADwsgaFEo.jpg?imwidth=160 160w, /content/dam/news/2016/11/14/Liverpool-docks_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqgsaO8O78rhmZrDxTlQBjdOVpSgDomDLZ8AADwsgaFEo.jpg?imwidth=210 210w, /content/dam/news/2016/11/14/Liverpool-docks_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqgsaO8O78rhmZrDxTlQBjdOVpSgDomDLZ8AADwsgaFEo.jpg?imwidth=320 320w, /content/dam/news/2016/11/14/Liverpool-docks_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqgsaO8O78rhmZrDxTlQBjdOVpSgDomDLZ8AADwsgaFEo.jpg?imwidth=350 350w, /content/dam/news/2016/11/14/Liverpool-docks_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqgsaO8O78rhmZrDxTlQBjdOVpSgDomDLZ8AADwsgaFEo.jpg?imwidth=480 480w, /content/dam/news/2016/11/14/Liverpool-docks_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqgsaO8O78rhmZrDxTlQBjdOVpSgDomDLZ8AADwsgaFEo.jpg?imwidth=640 640w, /content/dam/news/2016/11/14/Liverpool-docks_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqgsaO8O78rhmZrDxTlQBjdOVpSgDomDLZ8AADwsgaFEo.jpg?imwidth=680 680w, /content/dam/news/2016/11/14/Liverpool-docks_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqgsaO8O78rhmZrDxTlQBjdOVpSgDomDLZ8AADwsgaFEo.jpg?imwidth=960 960w" data-sizes="(min-width: 1440px) 15vw, (min-width: 768px) 15vw, 33.333vw" data-alt="liverpool docks "> <noscript> <img class="responsive lazy-image__img card__image" src="/web/20211009095252im_/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/news/2016/11/14/Liverpool-docks_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqgsaO8O78rhmZrDxTlQBjdOVpSgDomDLZ8AADwsgaFEo.jpg?imwidth=160" alt="liverpool docks " loading="lazy"/> </noscript> </div> <div class="e-icon-overlay"> <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewbox="0 0 32 22" class="e-icon-overlay__image"> <g> <path d="M29,1c-2.2,1.5-4.1,3.5-5,6c4.1,0,8,3.4,8,7.5S28.6,22,24.5,22S17,18.7,17,14c0-6.1,4.6-11.7,11-14L29,1z"/> <path d="M12,1C9.8,2.5,7.9,4.5,7,7c4.1,0,8,3.4,8,7.5S11.6,22,7.5,22S0,18.7,0,14C0,7.9,4.6,2.3,11,0L12,1z"/> </g> </svg> </div> </figure> </div> </article> </li> <li class="article-list__item grid-col grid-col-6 grid-col-sm-3 grid-col-6 grid-col-sm-3 "> <article data-test="card" data-track="" class="card u-clickable-area card--feature card--premium "> <div class="card__content " data-test="article-comment-content"> <h2 class="list-headline list-headline--premium u-heading-6" data-track-wrapper="article-list "> <a class="list-headline__link u-clickable-area__link" data-track-block data-test="list-headline-link" href="/web/20211009095252/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/2021/06/19/sacred-mysteries-music-says-can-never-thrown-away/"> <span class="list-headline__text" data-test="headline"> <span>Sacred Mysteries: Music that says, 'I can never be thrown away'</span> </span> </a> </h2> <p class="e-standfirst e-standfirst--card" itemprop="description" data-test="standfirst"> The latest composition by Sir James MacMillan found inspiration in John Henry Newman's conviction that life has a purpose </p> <div class="u-meta card__meta card__meta-stacked--xs" data-test="card-meta"> <div class="card__meta-wrapper"> <span class="e-byline e-byline--premium" data-test="byline"> <span class="e-byline__meta" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person" itemprop="author"> <a href="/web/20211009095252/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/authors/c/cf-cj/christopher-howse/" class="e-byline__link" data-test="byline-link" rel="author"> <span class="e-byline__bytext">By</span> <span class="e-byline__author" data-test="author-name" itemprop="name" content="Christopher Howse">Christopher Howse</span> </a> </span> </span> <time class="card__date" datetime="2021-06-19T07:00:00.000+01:00">19 Jun 2021, 7:00am</time> </div> </div> </div> <div class="card__thumbnail u-order-first "> <figure class="card__figure"> <div class="lazy-image card__image " style="padding-top:62.5%;" data-js="LazyImage" data-class="lazy-image__img " data-src="/web/20211009095252oe_/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/opinion/2021/06/18/TELEMMGLPICT000110965940_trans_NvBQzQNjv4Bq54s6hdU7ITTN7fl5sw3wlgOqsesN1C8MjbMuR6Sr2OY.jpeg?imwidth=160" data-srcset=" /content/dam/opinion/2021/06/18/TELEMMGLPICT000110965940_trans_NvBQzQNjv4Bq54s6hdU7ITTN7fl5sw3wlgOqsesN1C8MjbMuR6Sr2OY.jpeg?imwidth=160 160w, /content/dam/opinion/2021/06/18/TELEMMGLPICT000110965940_trans_NvBQzQNjv4Bq54s6hdU7ITTN7fl5sw3wlgOqsesN1C8MjbMuR6Sr2OY.jpeg?imwidth=210 210w, /content/dam/opinion/2021/06/18/TELEMMGLPICT000110965940_trans_NvBQzQNjv4Bq54s6hdU7ITTN7fl5sw3wlgOqsesN1C8MjbMuR6Sr2OY.jpeg?imwidth=320 320w, /content/dam/opinion/2021/06/18/TELEMMGLPICT000110965940_trans_NvBQzQNjv4Bq54s6hdU7ITTN7fl5sw3wlgOqsesN1C8MjbMuR6Sr2OY.jpeg?imwidth=350 350w, /content/dam/opinion/2021/06/18/TELEMMGLPICT000110965940_trans_NvBQzQNjv4Bq54s6hdU7ITTN7fl5sw3wlgOqsesN1C8MjbMuR6Sr2OY.jpeg?imwidth=480 480w, /content/dam/opinion/2021/06/18/TELEMMGLPICT000110965940_trans_NvBQzQNjv4Bq54s6hdU7ITTN7fl5sw3wlgOqsesN1C8MjbMuR6Sr2OY.jpeg?imwidth=640 640w, /content/dam/opinion/2021/06/18/TELEMMGLPICT000110965940_trans_NvBQzQNjv4Bq54s6hdU7ITTN7fl5sw3wlgOqsesN1C8MjbMuR6Sr2OY.jpeg?imwidth=680 680w, /content/dam/opinion/2021/06/18/TELEMMGLPICT000110965940_trans_NvBQzQNjv4Bq54s6hdU7ITTN7fl5sw3wlgOqsesN1C8MjbMuR6Sr2OY.jpeg?imwidth=960 960w" data-sizes="(min-width: 1440px) 15vw, (min-width: 768px) 15vw, 33.333vw" data-alt=" James MacMillan conducting "> <noscript> <img class="responsive lazy-image__img card__image" src="/web/20211009095252im_/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/opinion/2021/06/18/TELEMMGLPICT000110965940_trans_NvBQzQNjv4Bq54s6hdU7ITTN7fl5sw3wlgOqsesN1C8MjbMuR6Sr2OY.jpeg?imwidth=160" alt=" James MacMillan conducting " loading="lazy"/> </noscript> </div> </figure> </div> </article> </li> <li class="article-list__item grid-col grid-col-6 grid-col-sm-3 grid-col-6 grid-col-sm-3 "> <article data-test="card" data-track="" class="card u-clickable-area card--feature card--premium "> <div class="card__content " data-test="article-comment-content"> <h2 class="list-headline list-headline--premium u-heading-6" data-track-wrapper="article-list "> <a class="list-headline__link u-clickable-area__link" data-track-block data-test="list-headline-link" href="/web/20211009095252/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/2021/06/12/sacred-mysteries-pause-extending-westminster-abbey/"> <span class="list-headline__text" data-test="headline"> <span>Sacred Mysteries: A pause on extending Westminster Abbey</span> </span> </a> </h2> <p class="e-standfirst e-standfirst--card" itemprop="description" data-test="standfirst"> In the Middle Ages, the sacristy held treasures. In future it might be a ticket office. For now the money for rebuilding has run out </p> <div class="u-meta card__meta card__meta-stacked--xs" data-test="card-meta"> <div class="card__meta-wrapper"> <span class="e-byline e-byline--premium" data-test="byline"> <span class="e-byline__meta" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person" itemprop="author"> <a href="/web/20211009095252/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/authors/c/cf-cj/christopher-howse/" class="e-byline__link" data-test="byline-link" rel="author"> <span class="e-byline__bytext">By</span> <span class="e-byline__author" data-test="author-name" itemprop="name" content="Christopher Howse">Christopher Howse</span> </a> </span> </span> <time class="card__date" datetime="2021-06-12T07:00:00.000+01:00">12 Jun 2021, 7:00am</time> </div> </div> </div> <div class="card__thumbnail u-order-first "> <figure class="card__figure"> <div class="lazy-image card__image " style="padding-top:62.5%;" data-js="LazyImage" data-class="lazy-image__img " 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